Topher L. McDougal, University of San Diego and Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick, University of San Diego (THE CONVERSATION) Historians have long debated whether the end of slavery in the United States was ...

Ashley became the driving force for the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, legally ending slavery forever. [Jerry Klinger] ...

The Chicoasen II hydroelectric plant is another example of Chinese investments that have been strongly criticized for alleged ...

A Chicago rabbi, Liebmann Adler, welcomed the conclusion of the Civil War and the end to slavery, a “disaster in an otherwise blessed land.” Emma Mordecai, a Virginia Jew, prepared ...

Slavery may have been a footnote in the news, but in the last election, Nevada voted to end slavery as a punishment for a crime in its constitution. “What? I thought slavery was abolished a long ...

A few House of Representatives members in Michigan are looking to completely end slavery or involuntary servitude in Michigan. Four House of Representatives members introduced Michigan House ...

Former enslaved Africans, such as Olaudah Equiano also fought for an end to slavery. Equiano was a prominent member of the 'Sons of Africa', a group of 12 black men who campaigned for abolition.

Prof. Andrew Thompson, a leading expert in global and imperial history in the Faculty of History at Oxford University, has presented a new Framework of Analysis for Modern Slavery & Human Trafficking ...

This Passover, as for thousands of years, Jews gathered around seder tables will recall the story of our ancestors’ enslavement in Egypt. The purpose of remembering, however, is a little unclear ...