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US midterm elections: Five states to vote on ‘slavery loopholes’

Nationwide push to change rules on prison labour leads to ballot measures as US struggles to face legacy of slavery.

Al Jazeera

Slavery is on the ballot for voters in 5 US states

Voters in five states are deciding whether to close loopholes that allowed convict labor as an exception to slavery

The Independent UK

Former Children's Laureate joins calls for Black history to be compulsory in UK schools

Malorie Blackman who is best known for Noughts and Crosses which was turned into a BBC drama, said that history lessons should tell “the whole truth” about Britain's role in slavery.

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What can reparations for slavery look like in the United States? One man has ideas

Professor Andrew Delbanco gave this year's annual Jefferson Lecture, titled, "The Question of Reparations: Our Past, Our Present, Our Future," where he addressed reparations for slavery in the U.S.

WEKU

Edinburgh slavery review chair says 'no evidence' in bid to remove Dundas plaque

Planning officers are set to review an application to remove the plaque which was changed to include information about the abolition of the slave trade.

Edinburgh Live

2022 could be worst year for modern slavery - with 8,000 victims in first 6 months

The figures come as the British Standards Institute (BSI) launches its new world first national standard to help organisations across the UK eradicate modern slavery

Daily Mirror

Cyclist left with ‘great memories’ as Anti-Slavery Day ride comes to an end

Briton Gordon Miller began his cycle in Charlottesville, Virginia on October 5 and is to finish in Washington DC on October 18.

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University of Dundee's historical links with slavery explored in new report

THE University of Dundee has today published a report into the institution’s historical links with transatlantic slavery.

The National (Scotland)

1836, the Slaveholder Republic’s Birthday

Historian Gerald Horne on the Texas Revolution, its victors, and its victims

Texas Observer

In the Broadway musical '1776,' the revolution is in the casting

This production uses a cast of multi-racial actors who are female, nonbinary and trans — people who weren't even considered in the Declaration of Independence.

WEKU

The January 6 panel makes it clear: American democracy needs accountability

Slavery and civil war tested us 160 years ago. Again, we are being tested. Midterms are less than a month away

The Guardian - US

Woman trafficked out of UK and sexually exploited now inspires others

Its estimated that 130,000 people in the UK are victims of modern day slavery

Liverpool Echo

Home Office reclassifies modern slavery as illegal immigration issue

Exclusive: Charities working with victims say it should not be taken away from the safeguarding minister

The Guardian - UK

Tuberville's reparations rant backlash

Tuberville claimed Democrats want to give slavery reparations to people who "do crime"

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Ballotpedia

Slavery and indentured servitude on the ballot in five states

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Tribune News Service

Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville won’t back down from comments that reparations for slavery reward criminals

Republican U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville from Alabama has refused to apologize for saying that Democrats want reparations for slavery because “they think the people that do the crime are owed that.”

Ballotpedia

Measures to repeal constitutional language on slavery and indentured servitude as criminal punishments are on the ballot in five states this November

On November 8, 2022, voters in five states—Alabama, Louisiana, Oregon, Tennessee, and Vermont—will decide on amending their state constitutions to repeal language regarding the use of slavery or indentured servitude as punishment for a crime, or, in the case of Vermont, for the payments of debts, damages, fines, costs.

The Guardian - UK

Watchdog disputes Braverman’s claim modern slavery laws being ‘gamed’

Exclusive: People not trying to claim being trafficked to gain UK asylum, says head of labour abuse authority

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Daily Mirror

The heartbreaking story behind Will Smith's 'Whipped Peter' role in film Emancipation

Will Smith stars in the new Apple TV+ film Emancipation, which recounts the story of a man named Peter, who provided visual proof of the brutality of slavery in a widely circulated photograph

The National (Scotland)

Dundee's slave trade links to be explored in new walking tour exposing hidden history

DUNDEE’S historic links to the slave trade will be explored in a new cultural project coming to the city.

Reason

A Campus Pro-Life Group Faced Criticism. Now, It Demands That Its Detractors Be 'Reprimanded.'

Students for Life at George Mason University claims that another student organization defamed the group by criticizing its event that compared abortion to slavery and segregation.

Evening Standard

‘White Lives Matter’ and Kanye West’s most controversial moments

West sparked outrage with his White Lives Matter T-shirt at Paris Fashion Week - but it is hardly his first flirtation with right-wing provocation

The Independent UK

Government ‘totally misguided in attacks on rights of slavery victims’

Plans for legal reforms could reduce protections for victims, campaigners warned.

The Independent UK

Will Smith enters 2023 Oscar race with slavery drama Emancipation

After holding the film in limbo following Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Academy Awards in March, Apple will release the actor’s next big project this December

The Guardian - US

Will Smith to enter 2023 Oscar race with slavery drama Emancipation

Actor, banned from attending Academy events after Chris Rock slap, will be competing with new thriller, now releasing in December

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