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Land reparations are possible − and over 225 US communities are already working to make amends for slavery and colonization

Ever since the United States government’s unfulfilled promise of giving every newly freed Black American “40 acres and a mule” after the Civil War, descendants of the enslaved have repeatedly proposed the idea of redistributing land to redress the nation’s legacies of slavery.

The Conversation

‘We feel the pain but there is also joy’: the healing power of diasporic connection

The Legacies of Enslavement programme aims to atone for the Guardian’s past while highlighting the lasting impact of transatlantic slavery

The Guardian - UK

Drax of Drax Hall by Paul Lashmar review – forensic exposé of a British dynasty built on slavery

This timely and important book reveals Barbados plantation owner James Drax to be the equal of Robert Clive or Cecil Rhodes in his profiteering from human misery

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Toxic nostalgia: MAGA's Russia syndrome

Russia's Kremlin loyalists and America's MAGA faithful have a lot in common — and they're both enslaved by the past

Salon

Men urged to ‘stop using prostitutes’ as MPs debate modern slavery

A ‘significant’ number of women were brought to the UK under false pretences before being forced to work in the sex industry, a Labour MP said.

Evening Standard

Most Britons do not know scale of UK’s involvement in slavery, survey finds

Vast majority unaware how many people were enslaved and for how long, although poll finds support for reparations is rising

The Guardian - UK

Labour accused of turning ‘blind eye to slavery’ over solar panels made in China

MPs likely to be whipped against move to add protections, as government says it is already taking action on risk of forced labour

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Ten years after the Modern Slavery Act, why has this ‘world-leading’ legislation had so little impact?

The UK’s 2015 Modern Slavery Act is ten years old on March 26. When it was passed, it was billed as “world-leading” legislation – the first of its kind to introduce a dedicated legal framework to deal with modern slavery.

The Conversation

Three graphic novels that address the history of slavery – and commemorate resistance

Millions of people were abducted from west Africa and forcibly trafficked to the Americas over the 400 years of the transatlantic slave trade, from the 15th to the 19th century.

The Conversation

Labour set to bin anti-slavery policy in GB Energy Bill

MEASURES that would have banned companies which use forced labour from getting backing from GB Energy could be overturned by Labour this week.

The National (Scotland)

MPs could axe clause in bill banning forced labour in GB Energy supply chain

Measures blocking companies involved in modern slavery from receiving public money could be overturned

The Guardian - UK

Cambridge University in row over claims Stephen Hawking benefited from slavery-linked funds

Cambridge is in a dispute with academics after an exhibition linked Stephan Hawking with the slave trade

Evening Standard

Flawed UK visa scheme led to ‘horrific’ care worker abuse, says watchdog

Anti-slavery commissioner says scheme to plug staffing gaps post-Brexit was a ‘blunt instrument’ that enabled exploitation of the vulnerable

The Guardian - UK

Exploited, recognised as a slavery victim, now facing deportation: one seafarer’s UK ordeal

After years of helping Scottish criminal investigations and despite fearing for his life in India, Vishal Sharma’s asylum claim has been rejected

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Artist traces Manchester’s links to slavery on blue cotton gown

Manchester Art Gallery exhibition features gown inspired by outfit worn by abolitionist Sarah Parker Remond

Reason

Review: D.C. Museum Exhibit Illuminates the Brutalities of Slavery

The "In Slavery's Wake" exhibit celebrates black Americans' resistance to slavery and Jim Crow.

Evening Standard

Footage shows UN judge claiming ‘immunity’ to police before slavery conviction

Lydia Mugambe was found guilty of all four charges at Oxford Crown Court on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Trump's move to restore old Army base names highlights Nebraska man's heroics at 18 in World War I

Fort Benning’s name honored a Confederate general who supported slavery for more than a century

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Evening Standard

Slavery victim was forced to sleep beside dogs and beaten to death, court told

The body of 55-year-old Dimitrios Tsavdaris was found in a foetal position in a flat in Hackney, north London.

Evening Standard

Record high modern slavery referrals ‘shows shocking scale’ of issue in UK

Greater London was the area where exploitation in the UK was most commonly said to have occurred

The Independent UK

‘I don’t want my sons in fatigues’ – Jess Phillips defends aid cuts

The minister was asked about the Government’s decision to cut overseas aid to fund a boost to defence spending.

The Guardian - US

‘Let’s dig into the archives and tell the truth’: interrogating Yale’s connections to slavery

Pulitzer prize winner David Blight follows his biography of Frederick Douglass with a deep dive into his university’s dark past

The Guardian - US

Brooklyn’s fraught history with slavery is examined in a new exhibit

With 10 archival files, Trace/s upends simplistic narratives about New York’s history with enslavement

The Guardian - UK

‘People cry, get angry’: remembering the enslaved in Ghana’s remarkable sculpture park

Kwame Akoto-Bamfo started by shaping one clay head in 2009. Now thousands are displayed at the Nykyinkyim Museum, each representing an African who was lost to slavery

The Guardian - UK

UK risks becoming dumping ground for goods from exploited workers, MPs say

Committee says firms should be required to say how they will tackle modern slavery in supply chains

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