Barbados Cotton: The Government's Labor Call Amid Slavery's Lingering Threads
Artifacts housed in the Barbados Museum, such as branding irons and iron shackles, serve as stark reminders of this harrowing ...
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America’s Human Rights Crisis: Prison Slavery
The new slavery is a shameful mark on our country’s pretenses to respect for human rights and the dignity of every human ...
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Emancipation and The Statue of Liberty
We were all taught in school that the Statue of Liberty was a gift from France to the U.S. to celebrate American independence and the friendship between the two countries. However, what is rarely ...
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The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, 2 December, marks the date of the adoption, by the General Assembly, of the United Nations Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in ...
Slave trade memorial honours victims and confronts French city’s uncomfortable past
Once France’s largest slave-trading ports now confronts its past through one of Europe’s most significant memorials.