Slavery Abolition

The case was heard at Oxford Crown Court Picture: ED NIX Charges were dropped against an alleged drug runner who claimed he was the victim of modern slavery. Agibou Deen, 27, of Cubitt Town, east London, had been charged with possession of cocaine and heroin with intent to supply it…

RIYADH: This week, Twitter held its #TwitterConnect event in Riyadh, bringing together advertisers, influencers and media partners to discuss the company’s achievements. Antoine Caironi, interim regional director of Twitter for the Middle East and North Africa region, said: “Twitter remains the most prominent communication platform through which you can follow…

For many Black Kentuckians and Tennesseans, August 8 is a day to mark freedom Black communities in Kentucky and Tennessee have celebrated the eighth of August for more than 150 years. It's a day for barbecue, loved ones and marking freedom from slavery. JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: For many Black people…

This article was originally published at The Post Millennial, a part of the Human Events Media Group. According to the Daily Mail, American officials confirmed that there are "lost" women and children that were targeted at either Polish refugee camps or taken from Ukraine directly to Russia where they are…

Dr. Ben Carson said in an appearance on Sunday Night in America with Trey Gowdy on Fox News that "so much progress has been made" since the day enslaved people learned of the Emancipation Proclamation, which ended slavery. Carson was speaking about Juneteenth, the federal holiday that marks the date…

Few people in politics today are more drunk with power than Ron DeSantis. The Florida governor punishes companies that disagree with him, attacks people for living their lives, and suspends democratically elected officials for failure to enforce his favorite fascist policies. Like many a conservative in 2022, DeSantis also hates…

By Kimberly Wallace, HER MAgazine When millions of Africans were forced from their homes and sold into slavery, they were stripped of everything that was intrinsic to their identity- rituals, customs, language, and names. As pawns in the odious transatlantic slave trade, they had no choice.One hundred and eighty-four years…

(RNS) — $4 billion. That’s the estimated economic value of the 4 million enslaved people held in the United States in 1860. Despite their enormous impact on the economy, African American people have never been compensated for those contributions made during slavery. How, if at all, has the United States…

Information and broadcasting minister Anurag Thakur alleged that the Congress was "trying to stall investigation" in the National Herald case by staging protests against the ED action. He claimed that the opposition party was acting as a "slave" of the Gandhi family, which was instigating Congress workers to protest to…

News Kinnesha George Tuesday 2 August 2022 Chief Secretary Farley Augustine speaks at Emancipation Day celebrations on Monday at Store Bay Heritage Park, Crown Point, Monday. Photo by David Reid THA Chief Secretary Farley Augustine has urged black people to continue speaking about the horrors of slavery until royal families…