Slavery Abolition

Voters in three states approved ballot measures that will change their state constitutions to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for crime, while those in a fourth state rejected the move. The measures approved Tuesday curtail the use of prison labor in Alabama, Tennessee and Vermont. In Oregon, “yes” was leading…

Police in the northern England city of York on Wednesday detained a man who appeared to throw an egg at King Charles III during his royal walkabout there. Eggs whizzed past the monarch’s right arm in a video shared by the BBC. Watch the clip here: The protestor screamed that…

Voters across the country cast votes for national, state and local candidates in the 2022 midterms Tuesday, and they also voted on a slate of ballot measures.Michigan, California and Vermont enshrined abortion rights in their state constitutions on Tuesday. Meanwhile, an anti-abortion measure in Kentucky was rejected by voters.Maryland and Missouri voters…

Sydney —  Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong has signed an agreement in Thailand to support a new training center aimed at fighting human trafficking. The training center will give more help to victims of trafficking and will also make them not liable for any crimes committed during time as…

Descendants of the Alabama steamship owner responsible for illegally bringing 110 African captives to America aboard the last U.S. slave ship have ended generations of public silence, calling his actions more than 160 years ago “evil and unforgivable.” In a statement released to NBC News, members of Timothy Meaher’s family —…

States are voting to eradicate slavery under any terms, but what about prison work? Inmates went on strike in September at Elmore Correctional Facility in Alabama to protest poor prison conditions. Alabama is one of five states voting on measures to eradicate slavery. Brynn Anderson/AP hide caption toggle caption Brynn…

More than 150 years after slaves were freed in the United States, voters in five states will soon decide whether to close loopholes that led to the proliferation of a different form of slavery – forced labor by people convicted of certain crimes. None of the proposals would force immediate…

NEW YORK, Oct 21 (Reuters) - A new art installation that visitors can walk through on New York's Governors Island features giant chain links grinding overhead, pointing to the legacy of slavery in the United States. Artist Charles Gaines says he wanted to create a piece - which faces the…

This is the second in a series of stories by Coconuts Bangkok about modern day slavery flourishing across borders in Southeast Asia. Read the first or third. The 40-year-old man calmly sipped iced coffee inside a Bangkok chain cafe in a plain white T-shirt. To anyone else, he would appear…

Malorie Blackman who is best known for Noughts and Crosses which was turned into a BBC drama, said that history lessons should tell “the whole truth” about Britain's role in slavery. Malorie Blackman says adding Black history to the curriculum could stop people from being accused of “race-baiting” (Image: Publicity…