Slavery Abolition

In October 1829, some of the last surviving leaders of America’s founding generation gathered in Richmond, Virginia, for a state constitutional convention. Two issues dominated the gathering: suffrage and apportionment. Virginia’s 1776 constitution, drafted in the crucible of revolution, had limited the vote to white men who owned a certain…

Providence, R.I. For Brown University students, the Ivy League college’s next step in its yearslong quest to atone for its legacy of slavery is clear: Pay up. Nearly two decades after the Providence, Rhode Island, institution launched its much-lauded reckoning, undergraduate students this spring voted overwhelmingly for the university to identify…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Former Illinois congressman and U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has resigned as chairman of the board of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, officials announced Monday. The move comes days after federal prosecutors in California revealed LaHood paid a fine in 2019 for…

Author of the article: Anne Jarvis A passerby glances at an empty plaque support at Mary E. Bibb Park, Wednesday March 31, 2021. Photo by Nick Brancaccio /Windsor Star They were the Black power couple of the anti-slavery movement. Canada declared them people of national significance. They’re still avidly studied…

News   •   Mar 31, 2021 15:50 BST Met officers have executed eight search warrants following a proactive operation focused on crimes related to human trafficking and criminal exploitation by a well-established Organised Criminal Network (OCN). A total of 11 alleged members of the OCN have been arrested for modern slavery…

Last summer, after George Floyd’s killing sparked mass anti-racism demonstrations around the globe, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson asked a dedicated team to investigate and report back on racism in the U.K.. On Wednesday, they came back with their findings—that institutional racism no longer exists, and that the slave trade…

News Clint Chan Tack Wednesday 31 March 2021David Abdulah - MOVEMENT for Social Justice (MSJ) political leader David Abdulah said "remnants of the colonial culture of racism, colourism and discrimination" still exist in Trinidad and Tobago today. He made the observation in his Spiritual Baptist Liberation Day Message to the…

Jon Jones took a little break from days of furiously tweeting about money issues with the UFC, so he can send more angry tweets about... shoes. Lil Nas X has been great at baiting certain people, and it looks like his recent marketing campaign hit a nerve and pushed some…

An Indiana state representative has been accused of racism on Facebook less than a year after he was sanctioned for posting a controversial and racially-charged meme to the same platform. Rep. Jim Lucas, a Republican, is under fire following an Indianapolis Star report from Monday detailing his exchange with Dr.…

Website of the Year World 29 Mar, 2021 06:58 AM3 minutes to read Boydtown in southern NSW. Photo / Google A historic village in New South Wales will likely be renamed because of its "racist" links to slavery. Boydtown on the state's south coast was named after Scottish-born entrepreneur Benjamin…