Slavery Abolition

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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…

As Canadians mark the abolition of slavery in most British colonies this Monday, scholars are calling on the federal government to issue an apology for Canada's role in the enslavement of Black and Indigenous people. Aug. 1 marks Emancipation Day in Canada, the day in 1834 when the Slavery Abolition…

Winnipeggers gathered at the St. Norbert Arts Centre on Monday to mark the creation of legislation that abolished slavery in Canada 188 years ago, and reflect on the ongoing hardships Black people face.  Co-host Uche Nwankwo said the anniversary is an opportunity to discuss Black history and discuss the work that needs to happen to end…

HALIFAX -  Politicians and dignitaries gathered in Halifax on Monday to commemorate Emancipation Day, the anniversary of the British Parliament's decision to abolish slavery across its empire in 1834. By some estimates, more than 15 million African women, men and children were victims of the transatlantic slave trade. And by…

News Newsday Reporter Monday 1 August 2022 Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar. FILE PHOTO - File Photo OPPOSITION Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar said that as the country in general, and people of African descent in particular, observe Emancipation Day on Monday, it is important that the horrors of slavery must never be…

More than a year after Canada proclaimed Aug. 1 as Emancipation Day, Black leaders and scholars are renewing their calls for Ottawa to make a formal apology for the country's history of slavery and its intergenerational harms. Author Elise Harding-Davis said Sunday that the federal government’s vote last March to…