Backed by a coalition of dozens of human rights organizations, Democratic lawmakers on Friday reintroduced legislation to do away with the constitutional loophole which has … Abolition Amendment to Scrap US Constitution’s ‘Slavery Clause’Read more
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Juneteenth and the Second American Revolution
Last Thursday, US President Joe Biden signed legislation establishing June 19, “Juneteenth,” as a federal holiday to commemorate the end of slavery in the United … Juneteenth and the Second American RevolutionRead more
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American companies are still profiting from slavery
Juneteenth marks the date in 1865 where an estimated 250,000 enslaved people in Texas were freed, marking the official end of slavery in the Confederacy … American companies are still profiting from slaveryRead more
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What Is Juneteenth, How Is It Celebrated, and Why Does It Matter?
Juneteenth is a special celebration on June 19th that commemorates the end of the United States’ historic practice of slavery. In this sense, Juneteenth is … What Is Juneteenth, How Is It Celebrated, and Why Does It Matter?Read more
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US High Court Sides With Corporate Giants in Child Slavery Case
Human rights advocates Thursday denounced a Supreme Court decision in favor of the U.S. corporate giants Nestlé USA and Cargill, which were sued more than … US High Court Sides With Corporate Giants in Child Slavery CaseRead more
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Consumerism, Another Inheritance From the Slavery System
Strategy and dogma To declare the abolition of traditional slavery for their possessions in the Caribbean, the British envisioned a new type of enslavement that … Consumerism, Another Inheritance From the Slavery SystemRead more
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One of 272 Enslaved People Sold on June 19, 1838, by Georgetown U
We look at another significant June 19 in the history of slavery in the United States: June 19, 1838, when Jesuit priests who ran what … One of 272 Enslaved People Sold on June 19, 1838, by Georgetown URead more
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Johns Hopkins, Namesake of Baltimore Hospital and University, Enslaved Black People
Johns Hopkins, the 19th century businessman and namesake of the prestigious hospital and university in Baltimore, Maryland, enslaved at least four Black people before the … Johns Hopkins, Namesake of Baltimore Hospital and University, Enslaved Black PeopleRead more
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Family fortunes built on brutality
This is an important book and not just because it is a chilling account of slavery and commerce in the West Indies in the 18th … Family fortunes built on brutalityRead more
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Private donors: the pied pipers of ‘modern slavery’?
As the director of an anti-slavery charity in London at the turn of the century, I would have welcomed a substantial injection of cash to … Private donors: the pied pipers of ‘modern slavery’?Read more