Slavery Abolition

California governor Gavin Newsom speaks at a news conference in San Diego, Calif., October 9, 2019. (Mike Blake/Reuters) California governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, signed a law on Wednesday that mandates the establishment of a state task force to develop possible reparations to the descendants of slaves. The new law…

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Clint Smith, The Atlantic September 25, 2020 Our country is made better, not worse, by young people reckoning with the full legacy of the institution.Read Full Article » Related Topics: 1619 Project, History, Slavery Comment Show comments Hide Comments Log In with your RCMG Account Register Read More

Workers at De United Foods Industries Limited, makers of Indomie noodles, have cried out for help over what they described as modern-day slavery and unfair labour practices meted out on them since March.The workers said cooks, drivers, nannies, stewards and other groups working for the largely Asian staff of the…

This article is the fourth and final installment in a four-part series addressing the myths that conflate multiculturalism and anti-racism. Each article will address different aspects of this debate as follows: part one: Multicultural immigration is not racial benevolence; part two: Multicultural diversity is not racial equality; part three: Multiculturalism does not address xenophobia; part…

Publishedduration22 Septemberimage copyrightGetty Imagesimage captionGlastonbury Tor, in Somerset, which was found to have links to to successful compensation claims as a result of the abolition of slaveryThe National Trust has revealed how more than 90 of its properties have connections to slavery and colonialism.The links - at 93 properties -…

The Court of Appeal has affirmed the live-in requirement for foreign domestic helpers, dealing a setback to those who believe the rule undermines the rights and freedoms of helpers working in Hong Kong. It's not immediately clear if Nancy Almorin Lubiano, from the Philippines, would take the case to the…

“Nobody can be properly termed educated who knows little or nothing of the history of his own race and of his country.” —Frederick Alexander Durham, The Lone-Star of Liberia.In his epoch-breaking work Capitalism and Slavery, Eric Williams noted that racism is a product of slavery. “The reason,” he says “was…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — With the nation racing to come to grips with centuries of racial sins, officials plan to remove the Capitol lawn statue of Stephen A. Douglas, whose forceful 19th century politics helped forge modern-day Illinois but who also profited from slavery. Just inside the Statehouse hangs another revered…