A US Congressman, his enslaved half-brothers and the history of an Austin log farmstead
Judge John Hancock kept his half-brothers in bondage until Juneteenth in 1865. He educated his own half-Black son who became ...
Investopedia21d
Should America Pay Slavery Reparations?
The History of Reparations On Jan. 16, 1865, from a mansion in Savannah, Georgia, Union General ... which cotton growers met by purchasing slaves. According to census records, the number of ...
The New York Times22d
Georgia and the Slave-Trade.
TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of ...
Wichita Eagle23d
Kris Kobach attacks the Census and Costco | Opinion
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach’s latest attacks target the U.S. Census and Costco. Evert Nelson The Capital-Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK I’ve been wondering what Kris Kobach is going to do ...
FOX 5 Atlanta24d
Immigration in Georgia: Key Facts and Figures
Immigrants comprise 14.3% of Georgia's labor force and significantly contribute to the state’s economy: ...
El País in English25d
Modern cotton slaves in 18 countries work for large textile companies and many are children
They then conducted up to 200 interviews with workers and farm owners. The results go beyond the horrific: almost half of the farms are exploited with forced labor (i.e. slaves), and many of them are ...
The Independent27d
A23a megaberg: Game of Thrones style ice wall on course to hit British island
The floating giant, compared to Game of Thrones’ ice wall, stretches from horizon to horizon and is heading towards South Georgia Island, a remote Antarctic haven for millions of penguins and seals.
Boston.com29d
Harvard outsources Slavery Remembrance Program, lays off staff
Harvard University laid off the staff members contributing to the research component of its Slavery Remembrance Program on Thursday. The program is part of the $100 million Harvard and the Legacy ...