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Savannah picks emancipated Black woman to replace name of slavery advocate on historic square

Leaders of Georgia's oldest city have made history by voting to name one of Savannah's treasured downtown squares for a Black woman who taught formerly enslaved people to read and write

The Independent UK

President of Guyana demands slavery reparations ahead of apology from plantation owner descendants

Guyana president Irfaan Ali has lashed out at the descendants of European slave traders and says those who profited from the cruel, trans-Atlantic slave trade should offer to pay reparations to today’s generations

The Independent UK

Slavery stole Africans' ideas as well as their bodies: reparations should reflect this

In a speech to mark Unesco’s campaign for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, UN secretary-general António Guterres told the United Nations general assembly earlier this year that the inequalities created by 400 years of the transatlantic chattel trade persist to this day. “We can draw a…

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Paying to be a modern-day slave

The introduction of due diligence legislation is a crucial next step to tackle worker exploitation and modern slavery in supply chains, writes Christina Stringer

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UK cannot ignore calls for slavery reparations, says leading UN judge

Exclusive: Patrick Robinson says reparation for transatlantic slavery ‘is required by history and is required by law’

The Guardian - UK

Don’t listen to the critics: reparations for slavery will right historical wrongs

A new report meticulously analyses the true cost of the transatlantic slave trade, showing how past and present are bound together

The Guardian - UK

Family of former PM William Gladstone to apologise for links to the slave trade

The former prime minister’s father, John Gladstone, was one of the largest slave owners in the British West Indies

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William Gladstone’s descendants to apologise for family’s part in slave trade

The former prime minister’s father, John Gladstone, was one of the largest slave owners in the British West Indies.

The Independent UK

‘A huge human drama’: how the revolt that began on the Gladstone plantation led to emancipation

The Demerara Rebellion failed, but it was a step towards ending slavery in the British empire

The Guardian - UK

How William Gladstone defended his father’s role in slavery

The great Victorian statesman’s glittering career was financed by huge profits made in the 1820s and 30s on Guyanese estates

The Guardian - UK

‘I felt absolutely sick’: John Gladstone’s heir on his family’s role in slavery

Charlie Gladstone on why the only way he can live with his family’s dark past is to turn it into something positive

The Guardian - UK

William Gladstone: family of former British PM to apologise for links to slavery

Descendants of PM whose father’s wealth came from sugar plantations travel to Guyana for 200th anniversary of rebellion by enslaved Africans

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of modern slavery cases rejected in Home Office crackdown on ‘bogus claims’

Genuine victims of modern slavery not getting the support they need, charities warn

The Independent UK

Plantation slavery was invented on this tiny African island, according to archaeologists

A 16th-century sugar estate on the tiny African island of São Tomé is the earliest known example of plantation slavery.

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What Florida gets wrong about George Washington and the benefits he received from enslaving Black people

If there was anyone who knew the rewards of slavery, it was George Washington.

Evening Standard

Mo Farah to speak at M Restaurants charity supper in support of Not for Sale

The M group has raised £350,000 to help the fight against modern slavery, as Mo Farah to speak on his own experiences with trafficking

The Independent UK

Protesters march through Miami to object to Florida’s Black history teaching standards

Dozens of teachers, students and activists marched to a Miami school district headquarters to protest Florida’s new standards for teaching Black history, which have come under intense criticism for what they say about slavery

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The Independent UK

Protesters march through Miami to object to Florida's Black history teaching standards

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Scottish island hotel urged to acknowledge historic slavery connections

A SCOTTISH island hotel has been urged to publicly acknowledge its historic links with slavery ...

The Independent UK

Savannah considers Black people and women for city square to replace name of slavery advocate

The historic downtown of Savannah, Georgia, boasts nearly two dozen public squares

Evening Standard

Scores of delivery riders arrested in London this year amid clampdown on illegal workers

Campaigners and unions say delivery riders are at risk of modern slavery and racial profiling

The Independent UK

DeSantis once again defends slavery curriculum: Enslaved people ‘showing resourcefulness’ developed ‘skills’

‘They developed skills in spite of slavery, not because of slavery,’ governor says. Millions of enslaved people never saw freedom

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s hard to keep a straight face opposite a Dalek on Viagra’: how we made The Tomorrow People

‘We referenced the Troubles, child slavery and drugs and even had a teenage recruit blown up onscreen by Russian Intelligence. It felt important not to talk down to children’

The Guardian - US

The Orlando Magic spat in the face of Black players by supporting Ron DeSantis

The NBA team’s backing of a US presidential candidate who has crusaded to delegitimize the horrors of slavery is hypocritical and disgusting

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