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 ...
US tuna giant Bumble Bee Foods accused of profiting from ‘modern-day slavery,’ human trafficking and forced labor: suit
The lawsuit, filed in San Diego federal court on March 12, is the first known US case targeting a seafood company over forced ...
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'Complicity in injustice': New Haven church wrestles with its connection to slavery 200 years later
A church connected to Lucy and Lois, documented as the final two enslaved people sold in New Haven in 1825, recently held a ...
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Why Jews were like everyone else — only more so — during slavery and the Civil War
General Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox came the day before the first night of Passover 1865. A Chicago rabbi, Liebmann Adler, welcomed the conclusion of the Civil War and the end to slavery, ...
Abolitionists played key role in the establishment of the Columbus Public Library in 1873
Many of the early leaders, staff and financial supporters of Columbus Public Library when it opened in 1873 were ...
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Venezuela accuses US of kidnapping its citizens and returning to a time of slavery
White House is doubling down on its deportation defense, concerning 261 migrants sent Saturday to go high-security prison in ...
Three graphic novels that address the history of slavery – and commemorate resistance
Here are three recent graphic novels that can help us to remember resistance against slavery. They follow in the footsteps of ...
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Slave trade is back in Africa with one-sided ferocity, says Soyinka
Professor Wole Soyinka, Nobel Laureate, gave a keynote at the United Nations’ annual ceremony in observance of the ...
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Harriet Tubman fought slavery. Most of the men on US paper currency had ties to it
A US Senator wants to speed up a decade-long plan to replace Andrew Jackson on the front of the $20 bill with abolitionist Harriet Tubman. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat from New Hampshire ...