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Anglican group launches £7m project in Barbados to atone for slavery atrocities

Funds will help communities living on the Codrington estate, which was home to two sugar plantations

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian announces two new Manchester appointments

The new roles, based in the Guardian’s Manchester office, are part of the Scott Trust Legacies of Enslavement programme, which uncovered links between the founders of the Manchester Guardian and transatlantic slavery

The Guardian - UK

The real issue at the heart of Canada’s meat processing industry isn’t labour shortages — it’s low wages

A United Nations special rapporteur recently released a damning report describing Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker program as a “breeding ground for contemporary forms of slavery.” The report detailed the many ways migrant workers have been mistreated in Canada, including excessive work hours, limited breaks and physical abuse.

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Canada’s treatment of internationally trained physicians exacerbates the health-care crisis

Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program has recently come under intense scrutiny, with a new United Nations report by a Special Rapporteur characterizing it as a systemic “breeding ground for contemporary slavery.”

The Conversation

After the Silence review – compelling tale of racial inequalities and slavery in Brazil

Fiction and reality blur in this unruly but utterly engrossing show, which blends documentary and theatre – and will stay with you long after you have left

The Guardian - UK

Cowrie shell sculpture chosen as slavery memorial for London

The Wake by Khaleb Brooks intended to aid reflection on victims of slavery while acknowledging its ongoing impact

The Guardian - UK

Design chosen for London's memorial to victims of transatlantic slavery

Mayor Sadiq Khan says the memorial will ‘help to remind and educate Londoners of the capital’s role in this terrible treatment of human beings’

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Liverpool must not ‘shy away’ from slave trade past, says museum chief

Michelle Charters urges more recognition and reconciliation on Unesco’s Slavery Remembrance Day

The Guardian - UK

Diplomat accused of modern slavery in Australia paid housekeeper 3% of minimum wage

Former housekeeper worked ‘seven days a week for three years, and she had two days off in that entire time’, her lawyer says

The Independent UK

The competition watchdog wants to help businesses work together on sustainability – but it’s forgotten a key part

When businesses work together – for whatever reason – they run the risk of breaching the competition laws enforced by our national watchdog, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).

The Conversation

Slavery at Sea review – my God humankind can be depraved

Based on a three-year investigation, this rage-inducing documentary explores allegations of human trafficking by a Scottish fishing fleet – and its claims are truly grotesque

The Guardian - UK

Joan Brady obituary

Author of Theory of War, inspired by her grandfather’s experience of slavery in the US, which won the Whitbread book of the year award in 1993

The Guardian - UK

3 of Jane Austen’s 6 brothers engaged in antislavery activism − new research offers more clues about her own views

More than two centuries after Jane Austen died in 1817, many of the English novelist’s fans want to know her takes on her day’s big issues, including race, colonialism and slavery.

The Conversation

Vodka, kilos of caviar and a Russian minder: Iron Maiden’s 1984 World Slavery tour behind the Iron Curtain

The heavy metal giants, including singer Bruce Dickinson, speak to Mark Beaumont as they recall their trip to the Soviet bloc and the denim-clad fans just waiting to rebel against authoritarianism

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Reason

Slavery Was a Global Phenomenon

American slavery was horrible—and far from unique.

The Guardian - US

‘Our history is intertwined’: heirs of Jamaican enslavers apologise to descendants of the enslaved

Emancipation Jubilee event hears apologies, including from the Guardian, in ‘important step’ towards reparatory justice

The Conversation

How drums tell the story of Black Arab heritage

In 2022, I embarked on learning to play two traditional drums used in the folk music of my hometown of Basra in southern Iraq. One is known as the “khishba,” with its music termed “Khashaba,” and the “maruwas” used in “al-Bahr” music. I took drumming lessons from Black Arab musicians,…

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Rising exploitation reports as 'innocent lives' harmed

More people are reporting cases of human trafficking and slavery as high-profile cases raise community awareness of the crimes.

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Want to buy an electric car but unsure you can justify it? Here’s how the arguments against EVs stack up

So you’re thinking of buying an electric car. Perhaps you want to save money on fuel, or reduce your greenhouse gas emissions, or both. After all, for Australia to reach net zero it needs to electrify vehicles (and expand public transport use).

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of modern slavery victims in UK feared back with traffickers after seeking help

Data shows that last year more than 2,000 people referred to support body the NRM had been referred before

The Independent UK

Trafficking victims being turned down for compensation in ‘horrendous failing’

Data suggests that trafficking victims are unlikely to receive compensation through government scheme

Reason

'Project Rescue Children' Exposed as Latest in Series of Human-Trafficking Hoaxes

The group reportedly faked rescue stories—including one involving a baby saved from traffickers—and lied about where funds were going.

The Guardian - UK

Tributes paid to historian lauded for work on Atlantic slavery

Prof Trevor Burnard’s expertise helped lead to apology by the Scott Trust, owner of the Guardian, over links to trade

The Guardian - UK

Slave trader Colston left bequest to Church of England, archive shows

As archbishop of Canterbury visits Jamaica, research reveals trader left money to church’s missionary arm

The Conversation

The Black fugitive who inspired ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ and the end of US slavery

In or around 1825, John Andrew Jackson was born enslaved on a plantation in South Carolina and trained to spend his life picking cotton.

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