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 ...
Maryland lawmakers approve measure to study reparations for slavery
Maryland lawmakers have approved a measure to create a commission to study and recommend potential benefits as reparations for slavery and lingering impacts of racial discrimination in the state ...
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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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, ...
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Bumble Bee sued by crew who says they were forced into ‘fishing boat slavery’
This is the first known case of fishing boat slavery brought against a United States seafood company. Industry insiders say ...
Critics See Trump Attacks on the 'Black Smithsonian' as an Effort to Sanitize Racism in US History
Civil rights advocates, historians and Black political leaders are sharply rebuking President Donald Trump for his order ...
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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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NY wants to replace statue of slave-owning Founding Father with one of Harriet Tubman
Each state honors two notable people in their history by donating statues to the National Statuary Hall Collection in the U.S ...
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‘Slave markets thrive in Africa’ – Soyinka laments kidnapping of Nigerians
Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka on Tuesday described the decade-long abduction of schoolgirls from Chibok town in Borno State, ...
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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 ...