Amid anti-DEI push, National Park Service rewrites history of Underground Railroad
Since Trump took office, the park service, an agency charged with preserving American history, has changed how its website ...
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I'm a survivor of modern slavery – this is the shocking way I was treated by the UK government
Rosemarie was brought to the UK to by her employer to serve as a migrant domestic worker. She became a victim of modern ...
Abolition wasn’t fueled by just moral or economic concerns – the booming whaling industry also helped sink slavery
New research shows that when the whaling industry in the US produced more products, the proportion of slaves also declined in ...
Young Abraham Lincoln’s tiny Illinois town is due for a makeover
Before his famous debates, before the Civil War rent the nation, before he helped end slavery and before his tragic ...
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Durham Welcomes Reflection on Civil War's End with Bennett Place Anniversary Event
Bennett Place State Historic Site in NC commemorates Civil War surrender and slavery's end with a two-day event.
Wendy Murphy: This is not a brothel, it’s slavery
More than 2,800 men participated in the well-organized sexual abuse and exploitation of young Asian women; some rumored to be ...
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Letter to the editor: Time for Pa. to formally abolish slavery
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 time ...
For Black people, the Revolution was full of paradoxes
There were Black soldiers fighting for the British. But others went to war for the colonists — who compared their own plight ...
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Shockoe Institute breaks ground on $11M Main Street Station venue, part of larger Shockoe Project
The 12,000-square-foot educational and interpretive center will serve as a starting point for the Shockoe Project, leading ...
It’s not enough for companies to be aware of modern slavery; the UK needs to prevent it
Ten years ago this week the UK government passed the Modern Slavery Act, an innovative piece of legislation aimed at ...
Harriet Tubman fought slavery. Most of the men on US paper currency had ties to it
A US Senator wants to replace Andrew Jackson, who kept scores of slaves at his Tennessee plantation, on the front of the $20 ...