Slavery Abolition

Abraham Lincoln and Us, a new book by Frederick Chappell, has been released by RoseDog Books. Most people know that Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky, moved to Illinois, lived in a log cabin, was known for being honest, wore a stove hat and a long coat, wrote the Gettysburg…

Local Harvard joins universities like Georgetown, Brown and the University of Virginia in trying to atone for their links to slavery. Roberta Wolff-Platt standing outside of the Longfellow House in Cambridge, Mass., the home where her ancestor Darby Vassall was enslaved. Vanessa Leroy / The New York Times By Anemona…

 Modern slavery is a growing challenge thanks to a mix of armed conflict, climate change and the global pandemic, a new UN report says. International Labour Organisation (ILO) esti­mates suggest that 50 mil­lion people – or one out of every 150 people alive – are trapped in forced labour or…

The UN report said that nearly one out of every 150 people in the world are caught up in modern forms of slavery It also highlighted the situation in China, where several UN agencies have warned of possible forced labour, including in the Xinjiang region Published: 4:54pm, 12 Sep, 2022…

A British historian clashed with an MSNBC host during a segment discussing Queen Elizabeth II's death. MSNBC's Ali Velshi began the interview by asking Andrew Roberts about the future of the monarchy now that King Charles III acceded to the throne following his mother's death at 96. "We just had…

Politics A house divided against itself cannot stand, said Abraham Lincoln, invoking a biblical truth. Speaking at a San Francisco fundraiser in 2008, Barack Obama sought to explain the reluctance of working-class Pennsylvanians to rally to his cause. "You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and ... the jobs…

On Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a speech following the unveiling of the 28-feet statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose replacing the one of King George V under the canopy near India Gate. He also inaugurated the ‘Kartavya Path’, a stretch of road from Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Gate…

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday celebrated the renaming of Rajpath as ‘ Kartavya Path ’ and installation of the statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose at the India Gate canopy as historical milestones towards erasure of colonial domination as well as testimonies to the emergence of India…

Los Angeles Unified, America’s second largest school district, is facing a civil rights lawsuit from a Black parent who says her daughter’s school taught students about slavery by having them pick cotton. Rashunda Pitts sued the school district and staff members at Laurel Span school in response to the incident…

Published On 18 Aug 202218 Aug 2022 Allegations that China is overseeing the forced labour of Uighurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang are credible and persuasive, a UN expert on slavery has found. In a report to the UN General Assembly, Tomoya Obokata, the special rapporteur on contemporary forms of…