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The Black fugitive who inspired ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ and the end of US slavery

In or around 1825, John Andrew Jackson was born enslaved on a plantation in South Carolina and trained to spend his life picking cotton.

The Conversation

Young British tourists visiting Ibiza, Majorca and Menorca warned over modern slavery risk

Border force officers are stationed at 22 airports to speak to young people heading to the popular holiday destinations

The Independent UK

Instagram influencer, who partied with Leonardo DiCaprio, jailed for sex trafficking and slavery

Kat Torres sentenced to eight years in prison for human trafficking and slavery of women

The Independent UK

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Italy frees 33 Indians and grants them instant residency after farm ‘slavery’ ordeal

Police are investigating two suspected Indian gangmasters for enslavement and labour exploitation

The Independent UK

‘A live issue’: Hew Locke’s new work referencing slavery displayed in London

British-Guyanese sculptor’s collage to be unveiled at British Academy with British Museum show in October

The Guardian - UK

‘We want to ruffle a few feathers’: Liverpool gallery confronts colonial past

Walker Art Gallery replaces Tinted Venus with sculpture of black child to explore links to slavery and empire

The Guardian - UK

What the Declaration of Independence Said and Meant

It officially adopted the American Theory of Government: First Come Rights; Then Comes Government to Secure These Rights

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Abraham Lincoln vs John Calhoun: the original deepfake photo of a US president

This iconic 1865 portrait of Abraham Lincoln was actually a doctored image of slavery advocate John Calhoun

Digital Camera World

Dominique White: Deadweight review – a beautiful, twisted sea monster

Woven throughout this compelling collection of sculptures from the Max Mara prizewinner is a ferrous thread of hooks and spikes that drags the cruel history of slavery to the surface

The Guardian - UK

Louisiana now requires the 10 Commandments to be displayed in classrooms. It’s not the only terrifying state law

From banning buses to masks to talking about slavery, here are some of the whackiest and most terrifying state laws being pushed in recent years

The Independent UK

Mauritanians slam curbs on linguistic diversity as President Ghazouani seeks reelection

Mauritanians head to the polls on Saturday with incumbent President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani expected to win a second consecutive term. But in a country deeply divided between the Arab-Berber community at the helm and a Black Mauritanian populace still suffering the effects of slavery, a controversial law making Arabic the…

France 24

Washington D.C. approves funds for slavery reparations in next year's budget

The legislation seeks to address those "directly wronged and traumatized by the ills of slavery, Jim Crow, and structural and institutional racism"

Latin Times

What is Slave Play? Jeremy O. Harris's controversial Broadway hit coming to London's West End this summer

Harris’s shocking play about slavery and sex, power and trauma has been dividing audiences since its 2018 Off-Broadway debut. Now it’s opening in the capital

Evening Standard

Human rights group urges UK financial regulator to block Shein’s LSE flotation

Campaigners allege Uyghur people used as forced labour at some of fast-fashion retailer’s cotton suppliers in China

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Brazilians retrace their African roots using DNA tests

More than half of Brazil's population is Black, but most have no idea of their precise origins. They only know the broad outlines of their history and the fact that their African ancestors were enslaved and shipped over by the millions. After the abolition of slavery in 1888, the finance…

Evening Standard

Pair jailed for modern slavery offences after 'dishevelled' boy found with heroin at London Bridge station

The teenager was ‘dishevelled and vulnerable’ when he was found by officers

Radio France Internationale

How could countries finance reparations for historical injustices?

Calls are mounting for governments to pay reparations for slavery, colonialism and other crimes, but such projects are often dismissed as unworkable. New research explores the options for making reparations a reality, including debt cancellation and redirecting financial sanctions.

The Guardian - US

‘Florida loves prison labor’: why most incarcerated people still work for free in the Sunshine state

Many prisoners clean toilets and prep food with no pay – as the state charges $50 a day for their incarceration

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The Independent UK

Missouri Republican tells Black Americans to ‘kindly’ leave US if they don’t like country

Valentina Gomez, 25, called Juneteenth the ‘most ratchet’ of holidays as she slammed the idea of reparations for slavery

The Independent UK

On Juneteenth, monument dedicated in Alabama to those who endured slavery

The Equal Justice Initiative nonprofit invoked the Juneteenth holiday as it dedicated a monument that honors the people who endured and survived slavery

Reason

Juneteenth Is a Celebration of Freedom

The holiday represents a page-turning from one of the most shameful chapters in American history.

The Independent UK

‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ handed keys to new Texas home 85 years after racist mob burned it down

Opal Lee, who helped make Juneteenth a holiday, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom this year

Reason

Reflections on Juneteenth

Juneteenth celebrates a great American achievement, and a triumph for the nation's Founding principles. Also, the culture war over the holiday is lame, and hopefuly coming to an end.

The Conversation

Paying reparations for slavery is possible – based on a study of federal compensation to farmers, fishermen, coal miners, radiation victims and 70 other groups

As Americans celebrate Juneteenth, legislation for a commission to study reparations for harms resulting from the enslavement of nearly 4 million people has languished in Congress for more than 30 years.

Fortune

OneUnited Bank CEO: Ending slavery is the best economic decision America ever made

The decision to end slavery ultimately had the profound impact of making America the strongest country in the world, writes OneUnited Bank CEO Kevin Cohee.

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