Slavery Abolition

In this March 23, 2016 file photo, tuna caught by foreign fishermen aboard American boats are lined up at the Honolulu Fish Auction at Pier 38 in Honolulu. A tuna fishing boat based in the Pacific island nation of Fiji that has been accused of essentially enslaving its crew was…

One of Raj Sookram’s tenants stopped paying rent in December. Another man hasn’t paid him a cent in 20 months. He now owes Sookram over $20,000. One woman stopped paying this spring, Sookram said, then demanded that he fix her hot water heater when it blew. That ended with city…

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Letters to the Editor Newsday Wednesday 4 August 2021 THE EDITOR: I offer here a few considerations (omissions) with respect to our observance of emancipation. Firstly, there is an issue larger than African slavery which is the notion of any one group subjugating another and how slavery was gradually then…

Politics "These hurdles should not be excuses, but we must consider our shared history as we work to ensure an equitable public health and economic recovery." Acting Mayor Kim Janey holds the hand of her mother, Phyllis Janey, while attending an event in Dorchester last week. Erin Clark / The…

Tobago Stephon Nicholas Monday 2 August 2021 Chief Secretary Ancil Dennis - Chief Secretary Ancil Dennis said liberation from the covid19 pandemic is a complex one, but can be achieved if we work together. In his Emancipation Day message on Sunday, Dennis said the holiday "comes at a time when…

TORONTO -- Sunday marked Canada’s first federally recognized Emancipation Day -- the day on which the British Empire ended the practice of slavery for close to a million African people and their descendants across the former colonies. The recognition of the day follows years of campaigning by Black lawmakers and…

1.01am BST 01:01 Summary Joan E Greve Joe Biden signed the bill making Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in America, a federal holiday. “Great nations don’t ignore their most painful moments,” Biden said before signing the bill at the White House. “Great nations don’t walk away. We come…

Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when black people in Galveston, Texas, were notified that slavery had ended Under the legislation, the federal holiday would be known as Juneteenth National Independence Day Read More

US Congress this week overwhelmingly backed a proposal to make Juneteenth a national holiday, and president Joe Biden signed it into law today (June 17). In a rare show of bipartisan support, the bill passed by 415 votes to 14; the meager opposition came entirely from Republican representatives. The law…