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A Congressman Wants Answers About Alleged ‘Modern-Day Slavery’ in Georgia Slavery Abolition

A Congressman Wants Answers About Alleged ‘Modern-Day Slavery’ in Georgia

Rep. David Scott wants to know how farms in Georgia were able to run what the feds call a "modern-day slavery operation" for years. File photo by Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images A Democratic congressman is seriously concerned that migrant agricultural laborers are being made to work against…
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December 17, 2021
Home Office accused of misleading public over migrant ‘pull factors’ claim by refusing to publish evidence Slavery Abolition

Home Office accused of misleading public over migrant ‘pull factors’ claim by refusing to publish evidence

The Home Office has been accused of “misleading the public” after refusing to publish evidence to support its claim that allowing asylum seekers to work would create a “pull factor” for people to come to Britain. High profile figures including the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner and the chair of the Migration…
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December 17, 2021
From slavery to Jim Crow to George Floyd: Virginia universities face a long racial reckoning Slavery Abolition

From slavery to Jim Crow to George Floyd: Virginia universities face a long racial reckoning

College Debates over history and racial inequity have boiled, simmered, and boiled anew in recent years. William & Mary students walk across the Williamsburg, Virginia, campus between classes. Washington Post/Julia Rendleman Washington Post photo by Julia Rendleman By Nick Anderson and Susan Svrluga, Washington Post November 27, 2021 WILLIAMSBURG, Va.…
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November 27, 2021
Liberia: Liberia Bracing to Welcome Thousands Home in Greatest Reunion Since Slavery Era Slavery Abolition

Liberia: Liberia Bracing to Welcome Thousands Home in Greatest Reunion Since Slavery Era

Washington — Nearly two hundred years after the American Colonization Society and a group of African Americans who wanted a place they could call home, settled in Liberia, Africa's oldest republic is bracing for the historic reunion in hopes of jumpstarting and rebranding the land of the country's forefathers. The…
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November 26, 2021
Workers Held at Gunpoint in Modern-Day Slavery Operation in Georgia, Feds Allege Slavery Abolition

Workers Held at Gunpoint in Modern-Day Slavery Operation in Georgia, Feds Allege

A migrant worker sorts onions in Georgia. (Photo by Stephen Morton / Bloomberg via Getty Images) For years, dozens of Mexican and Central American laborers were brought to the United States to work on Georgia farms as modern-day slaves, according to a newly unsealed federal indictment.  Now, two dozen accused…
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November 24, 2021