On the night of July 1, 1839, 53 enslaved Africans revolted aboard the slaving schooner La Amistad — Spanish for “Friendship” ...
Thousands of victims of modern slavery are being denied support because of Britain’s crackdown on illegal migration, ...
It's estimated that over 11 million Africans were enslaved, with more than 1 million dying during the brutal transatlantic voyage to the New World. Once slaves were captured throughout the ...
As president of the Philippines, Manuel Quezon accepted many evidences of his country’s regard. Officials of the Quezon regime gave him a yacht and the use of 100-year-old Malacanan Palace ...
“We are all ourselves survivors of modern slavery,” Marissa explains ... Marissa left her home and three young children in the Philippines over two decades ago to work as a domestic ...
Modern-day slaves include: Trafficked women ... unskilled foreign workers from poor countries like Bangladesh, the Philippines, and Kenya to work as construction workers, drivers, and domestic ...