Slavery Abolition

In the grand tradition of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Hamnet is a re-imagining of a historical figure to impute speculative motives on them. The film charts the relationship of Agnes (Jessie Buckley) and William Shakespeare (Paul Mescal) from their first meeting to the death of their son Hamnet (Jacobi Jupe).…

A Christmas Carol is usually read as a Victorian morality tale about capitalism and compassion. Yet an autographed script written by Charles Dickens during the American Civil War raises the possibility he may also have understood the story as speaking to the cause of ending slavery in the US. First…

Updated : , ,   ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland will create a commission to study potential reparations for slavery after lawmakers voted Tuesday to override a veto by Gov. Wes Moore — currently the nation’s only Black governor — that disappointed many fellow Democrats. Moore said in his veto…

Graffiti shows drug prices in the southern French city of Marseille - Copyright AFP/File Miguel MEDINA Sandra Laffont They work as drug dealers, but the notes they slip to customers in drug baggies begging for help — and their pleas to the police — tell a very different story. Hundreds…

This month marks the 160th anniversary of the ratification of the  13 th  Amendment , which permanently ended slavery in the United States. The Amendment was passed by Congress in January of 1865 but only became part of the Constitution  when three quarters of the states  voted to finally close an ugly…

Ezekiel Nita says he felt "happy and lucky" when he was approved to work as a fruit picker in Australia under the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme. But warning signs that the trip was not the golden opportunity in Tasmania he was promised came shortly after his pay cheque…

The monarch made the apology back in 2023 but it was accepted during a meeting and ceremony behind closed doors Monday in Paramaribo, the Surinamese capital, according to the state-run Suriname Communication Services (CDS) Representatives of the descendants of African slaves and Indigenous peoples of Suriname on Monday formally accepted…

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Human trafficking, a global crime profiting from vulnerability, casts a long shadow, especially over Nigeria. This grim reality prompted a pivotal gathering in Abuja, where the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), partnering with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), called for intensified,…

Who is Gurmesh Singh — and what does his rise mean for rural communities in NSW? Newly elected NSW Nationals leader Gurmesh Singh (Image: AAP/Bianca De Marchi) The remarkable blueberry boom on the NSW Mid North Coast since the 2000s has seen the rapid displacement of bananas as the dominant…