In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...

Why is Delhi’s fuel ban for old vehicles relevant to the UPSC exam? What is the significance of topics such as Ramleela in ...

Up to 17 million people have passed through the slave trade in the Muslim world since the 7th century. Tragically, the ...

Bissessar's Bihar roots during his Trinidad and Tobago visit. A century ago, many Indians, especially from Bihar, were taken to colonies as indentured laborers. These 'Girmityas' faced harsh ...

Prime Minister Modi's visit to Trinidad & Tobago highlights the cultural ties between India and the Caribbean.

For nearly two centuries, the Danish West Indies were entangled in the brutal Atlantic Slave Trade, which saw the forced ...

Between 1632 and 1760, records show that 734 Indigenous children were enslaved in France's North American colony, historian ...

The holiday to mark the end of slavery in the U.S. goes back to an order issued on June 19, 1865, as Union troops arrived in Galveston at the end of the Civil War.

First, they prevented any Chagossians who had left on vacation or for medical treatment from returning home. Next, they cut ...

State Reps. Dontavius Jarrells, D-Columbus, and Veronica Sims, D-Akron, are working on a joint resolution that would remove slavery from the state’s constitution.

The International Day of the African Child, observed each year on 16 June, was commemorated yesterday at the Intercontinental Slavery Museum (ISM) in Port Louis. The event served as a platform to ...