Slavery Abolition

June 19, 1865, is a date in our nation’s history that all Americans should know about but haven’t, until recently. It was the day the last enslaved African-Americans were notified about their emancipation, following the end of the Civil War. The kicker? It came two whole years after President Abraham…

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ByPatricia S. Daniels Published June 17, 2022 • 11 min read On June 17, 2021, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, making June 19 a national holiday. Juneteenth is not a new celebration; its roots go back more than a century to the end…

Nashville, Tenn. Recognition of Juneteenth, the effective end of slavery in the U.S., gained traction after the police killing of George Floyd in 2020. But after an initial burst of action, the movement to have it recognized as an official holiday in the states has largely stalled. Although almost every…

The Anambra State Police command has uncovered a hotel called Gally Gally in Nkpor region of the state, where teenagers are used for prostitution and s3x slavery. Naija News reports that DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, Spokesperson of the state police command, in a statement on Wednesday confirmed the discovery of the…

In 1828, years before she took the name Sojourner Truth, a Black woman who had escaped slavery with her infant daughter won a court fight in New York’s Hudson Valley to bring her son, Peter, home from Alabama. It was a historic case of a Black woman seeking the release…

A total of 44 construction firms have been named on a £35bn facilities management framework that requires reporting on modern slavery, prompt payment and improving opportunities for underrepresented groups. The framework provider Crown Commercial Service (CCS) named the winners, among which are the facilities management arms of Kier, Mace, Galliford…

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Now that we’ve had a moment to digest the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion overturning Roe vs. Wade, one thing is clear: Words have lost their meaning. The court’s three newest justices, Neil M. Gorsuch, Brett M. Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, all said under oath during their confirmation hearings…

Former state Rep. Vernon Jones, a conservative Democrat-turned-Republican running for Congress in Georgia, labeled the Democratic Party “the most extreme organization in the world” as he recalled the party’s support for slavery and the Ku Klux Klan, as well as its current attacks on law enforcement and “independent think.” In…