Slavery Abolition

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Jamaica's National Council on Reparations is considering whether to seek compensation from a wealthy Conservative United Kingdom Member of Parliament, Richard Drax, for his family's historical role in slavery. Richard Drax's ancestors were pioneers of the sugar and slave trades in the Caribbean about 400 years ago. The MP is…

Joey McFarland has apologized after sparking controversy for walking the red carpet at the Emancipation premiere with the original photo of an enslaved man known as Peter that inspired the film.  “I wholeheartedly apologize to everyone I have offended by bringing a photograph of Peter to the Emancipation premiere,” the…

Will Smith says he hopes the “brutal” depictions of slavery in his upcoming film Emancipation are “not in vain”. The 54-year-old Hollywood actor, who plays escaped slave Peter in the film, said it was one of the “most difficult” projects he has taken on in his more than 30 years…

A 13-year-old Nigerian boy has been rescued in Cameroon after he was trafficked from home and allegedly sold into slavery. Cameroon, a French-speaking country in west-central Africa, shares a border in the west with Nigeria. Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps said in a statement on Tuesday that the victim,…

The script focuses on the physical and spiritual brutality endured by Smith’s real-life character without addressing the man’s actual humanity Apple TV+ If there’s anything unexpected about the depiction of slavery in director Antoine Fuqua’s “Emancipation,” it’s the unflinchingly grim imagery that populates its frames. The intent seems to derive…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A fire broke out aboard a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, resulting in minor injuries to nine sailors, military officials said Wednesday. The blaze broke out Tuesday morning as the USS Abraham Lincoln was conducting routine operations about 30 miles (50 kilometers) off Southern California, the Navy…

Woke mob vandalizes statue of Abraham Lincoln with red paint and daubs 'COLONIZER' and 'LAND BACK' during Thanksgiving day attack in ChicagoThe statue has stood in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood since it was donated to Senn Park in 1997 and also had the words 'Dakota 38' written on itDakota 38 refers…

Jefferson had addressed the topic of slavery in Notes on the State of Virginia, and the published version had extended his views to a wide audience in America, England, and France, where he had had discussions with Enlightenment luminaries and French admirers of the United States, particularly Lafayette, Nicolas de…

President Joe Biden’s eldest granddaughter Naomi Biden married her partner Peter Neal last Saturday at the White House, the first wedding to take place at the Washington landmark since 2013. Naomi Biden, 28, and Neal, 25, both lawyers, were married on the South Lawn of the White House “in front…