The Latest Breaking News from Slavery

Letters: When it comes to atoning for the slave trade, we need to acknowledge how much we have benefited, says Prof Sir Roderick Floud. Plus letters from Nic Madge, Morris Gyles, Rex Knight and Kit Jackson

Modern gynecology was borne of experimentation of enslaved Black women, historian Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens explains

BBC journalist Laura Trevelyan has quit her job to join the Caribbean's fight for slavery reparations a month after her family announced a £100,000 payment in return for their slave-owning past

EDINBURGH City Council has nominated a chair to implement the recommendations of the city’s review into its history of slavery and colonialism.

Decision comes after Trevelyan family apologises for ownership of more than 1,000 enslaved African people

Letter: John Cookson says only those whose ancestors gained from slavery should be responsible for reparations

Californians are weighing in publicly on the idea of reparations to Black Americans, with the state’s Reparations Task Force set to report their recommendations by July 1. This initiative builds on smaller-scale efforts, such as in my hometown of Evanston, Illinois, which in 2021 became the first U.S. city to…

A proposal under consideration would give $5 million to every eligible Black adult, guaranteed annual incomes of at least $97,000 for 250 years and homes for $1 a family.

Proposals also include financing debt forgiveness, guaranteed annual incomes for families and homes in the city for $1