Slaves
Black Children Reportedly 'Sold' in 'Slave Auction' at School
"We have become aware of recent incidents involving students using racially insensitive language and offensive imagery," said a Chatham County Superintendent.
Ben Crump Says Defense Attorney Suggested Arbery Was A 'Runaway Slave'
"It's Trayvon Martin 2.0," Crump said, describing the defense's efforts to characterize Arbery as a "scary, Black man" in their closing arguments.
New York City Council to Remove Thomas Jefferson Statue
The statue of Thomas Jefferson has been in City Hall since 1834.
Furniture Restorer Finds 200-Year-Old Chair Filled With 'Human Hair'
The furniture restorer claimed the chair was filled with human hair from slaves as well as hand-picked cotton.
Jamaica Seeks Billions of Pounds From U.K. Over Slavery Reparations
"Our African ancestors were forcibly removed from their home and suffered unparalleled atrocities in Africa to carry out forced labor to the benefit of the British Empire," Culture Minister Olivia Grange said.
Josh Hawley: Democrats Making American Workers 'Compete With Slave Labor'
"These jobs have been shipped off to China [and] have been shipped overseas to the lowest bidder for the lowest wages," Hawley told Fox News Friday.
Google Honors Mary Ann Shadd Cary, Groundbreaking Black Newspaper Editor
Shadd Cary was born on October 9, 1823 in Wilmington in northern Delaware to abolitionist parents.
Liz Cheney Says Progressive Makes 'Slaves Out Of People'
"Whether it's a Green New Deal or Democratic takeover of healthcare, those all come with a huge cost and that cost is loss of freedom," Cheney says.
Sebastian Gorka Says Democrats' Policy Aims At 'Democrat Plantation'
"It is about illegal aliens getting to vote for Democrats, as they see it, and recreate a Democrat plantation," Gorka told Fox Business.
Who Is Rosa Laura Junco? 'Slave Master' Names Women in Keith Rainere's Cult
Lauren Salzman claimed Rosa Laura Junco was the only woman in Keith Raniere's all-female inner circle the NXIVM founder didn't have sex with.
White Teacher Fired Over Slavery Class Plans $1bn Suit
Patricia Cummings, who taught at a school in the Bronx, claims she was discriminated against by New York City and others because she is white.
Bodies of Forced Laborers Unearthed During Construction
The discovery was made when the Fort Bend Independent School District broke ground for a new technical center.
Charleston to Vote on Apology for Role in Slavery
William Gregorie, a Charleston council member who plans to support the resolution, told WCBD, "The vestiges of slavery still plague us today..."
The History of South Carolina's Secession Attempts
The state was the first to secede from the Union over the right to own slaves, and a modern threat is over the right to own guns.
What Is Ma.Pi.? Macrobiotic Diet Cult Enslaved Members
One female follower's weight had dropped to just 77lb when she was found.
Hundreds of Slaves May Be Buried Under Baseball Stadium
The Union army forced African-American men and women, born into both freedom and slavery, to build a nearby stone fort.
Slave House Unearthed at Thomas Jefferson's Estate
Jefferson denounced the trade but owned more than 600 slaves in his lifetime.
ISIS Victims Wait for Justice
ISIS has captured and sold as slaves thousands of Yezidi women and girls, who now must wait for men who may never return.
Libya's Slave Markets Remind Us of Flaws in EU Plans
New revelations about slave markets in Libya are just the latest in a string of horrors in the troubled state.
Georgetown Moves to Reconcile Slaveholding Past
The university formed a working group last fall to examine its slaveholding past.
National African-American Museum to Open at Last
Generations in the making, the museum opens September 24 with the first black U.S. president cutting the ribbon.
Native Americans Were Kept As Slaves, Too
Native Americans had enslaved each other for millennia, but with the arrival of Europeans, captivity came to resemble the human trafficking we see today.
Why Has The World Forgotten ISIS's Female Sex Slaves?
Hundreds of women from the ancient Christian sect remain enslaved but their suffering fails to make the news.
Japanese PM Criticizes MP's Obama 'Slave' Comments
Kazuya Maruyama was trying to praise the U.S. for appointing an African-American president.
What Should Libertarians Think About the Civil War?
Should they sympathize with the Confederacy because it resisted the federal government? Or celebrate the emancipation of the slaves?
ISIS Publish Pamphlet On How to Treat Female Slaves
It says that sexual intercourse is "permissible", as is trading non-Muslim slaves, including young girls
Four Arrested After 'Slaves' Rescued From British Caravan Site
Two men and two women are being held in police custody after eight "virtual slaves" were found at the Green Acres caravan site