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Who were Margaret Morgan and Edward Prigg?

Margaret Morgan was born into slavery in Maryland and had been living with her husband and their children in the free state of Pennsylvania for five years when hired slavecatchers led by Edward Prigg seized them one night in 1837

The Independent UK

Law school project finds slavery citations still being used today

Students at Michigan State University's law school have found that slavery is still baked into American jurisprudence

The Independent UK

Pastor with ties to Pete Hegseth claimed slavery promoted ‘affection between the races’ in South

Pastor Douglas Wilson, of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches, made the statements in his 1996 book Southern Slavery: As It Was

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Some of Australia’s largest companies are failing to ‘know and show’ their respect for human rights

In our complex, interconnected world, there are risks of human rights violations throughout global supply chains. Examples include not only modern slavery and child labour, but also gender discrimination and violations of land, food and water rights.

The Conversation

Caribbean leaders vow to maintain pursuit of slavery reparations

Countries meeting at Caricom summit not seeking ‘handout’ but ‘appropriate apology’ and compensation

The Guardian - US

Gil Won-ok, survivor of Japan’s wartime military sexual slavery, dies at 96

Gil was a vocal critic of Japan’s refusal to take legal responsibility for wartime atrocities

The Independent UK

Thanks to Trump, it is now in Europe’s self-interest to compensate Africa for slavery

As the US rips up its rules-based order and threatens sovereign nations, this is the time to make allies. Reparations might help, says Liliane Umubyeyi of the African Futures Lab

The Guardian - UK

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Democrat Introduces Bill for Slavery Reparations As Trump Continues Crackdown Against DEI Efforts

Rep. Ayanna Pressley has reintroduced H.R. 40, a bill to study reparations for slavery, amid President Trump's dismantling of DEI initiatives.

Latin Times

Rescued from virtual slavery in Myanmar's online scam centers, 260 foreigners are being repatriated

Thailand's army says some 260 people believed to have been trafficked and trapped into working in online scam centers are to be repatriated after they were rescued from Myanmar

The Independent UK

UK shipping firm used enslaved workers in Caribbean after abolition, study finds

Postal Museum says research featured in new exhibition shows how global postal service was ‘tool of empire’

The Guardian - UK

Modern slavery and climate change: how extreme weather fuels forced labour and unwanted marriages

Weather-induced disasters that are the result of climate change are increasingly affecting societies. One area that hasn’t been explored much yet is how extreme weather events are creating conditions for a rise in modern slavery.

The Conversation

Dennis Schröder got dealt twice after comparing being traded to ‘modern slavery’

That's not the best way to say it, but Dennis Schroder has a point.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Crawley Town accused of breaking Modern Slavery Act by former employee

Crawley Town have been accused of breaking the Modern Slavery Act by a former employee

The Guardian - UK

"They would literally laugh in my face": From Haitian voodoo to slavery, sex and school shootings, Lower is the album Benjamin Booker's old label didn't want him to make

Benjamin Booker is back with a compelling, experimental new album, and enjoying pulling the strings on his own label

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Warriors' Dennis Schroder Says NBA Trade Deadline Is 'Modern Slavery'

Schröder had an extremely negative reaction to the Luka Doncic trade.

The Guardian - UK

Labour facing defeat in vote to ban green energy investments tied to Uyghur exploitation

Exclusive: cross-party backing likely for amendment to GB Energy bill aiming to block solar panels made by forced labour

The Independent UK

Labour accused of rank hypocrisy over plans to detain child migrants and ditch slavery protections

Yvette Cooper is pressing ahead with plans her party previously opposed as campaigners warn measures will only increase trafficking

The Independent UK

Labour’s border bill to 'block migrants from claiming slavery protections’

Sir Keir Starmer accused the previous Conservative government of ‘driving a coach and horses’ through protections for victims of trafficking

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The Conversation

Rereading Rembrandt: how the slave trade helped establish the golden age of Dutch painting

The so-called golden age of Dutch painting in the 1600s coincided with an economic boom that had a lot to do with the transatlantic slave trade. But how did the slave trade shape the art market in the Netherlands? And how is it reflected in the paintings of the time?

Latin Times

Harvard Abruptly Sacks Entire Slavery Remembrance Team, Refuses to Say Why

Harvard abruptly laid off its Slavery Remembrance Program staff, who were tasked with identifying direct descendants of people enslaved by Harvard affiliates.

AAP

Aussie-made tax breaks urged to combat forced labour

Tax breaks for local producers could become law if the coalition upholds its opposition to forced labour in global supply chains, an anti-slavery expert says.

The Guardian - UK

Lloyd’s Register apologises for its role in trafficking enslaved people from Africa

The maritime group, founded in 1760 by merchants and underwriters, issued the apology after commissioning research into its links to slavery

The Guardian - AU

Australia exposed to modern slave labour imports and many businesses ‘ignoring the facts’, commissioner warns

The scale of Australia’s trade with blacklisted companies, revealed in Guardian investigation, prompts anger across the Uyghur community

The Guardian - UK

Brown Brothers Harriman’s slavery links exposed by Liverpool campaign

Liverpool Black History Research Group accused America’s oldest private investment bank of sanitising its history

The Conversation

While Hollywood ignored stories of Black resistance, Cuban filmmakers celebrated Black power

In recent years, there has been an increased push for more diversity and representation on our entertainment screens. The #OscarsSoWhite campaign of 2015 and the enduring social justice movement it generated increased public awareness of the longstanding problematic issues of discrimination and exclusion in Hollywood.

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