The Latest Breaking News from Slavery

The ghost of the Confederacy hangs heavily over the Tennessee Legislature.

Many of the children affected hundreds of miles away - in care or recent care leavers, and many are still not old enough to have completed high school

In a splash of articles published over the past two weeks, the British Guardian has acknowledged and apologised for its historical links with slavery. The Scott Trust, owners of the newspaper that became a global news website, outlined how the Guardian’s founders were linked to transatlantic slavery and announced a…

The actor reflected on the monarch’s decision to support research into the royals and slavery

The list of British institutions reconsidering their uncomfortable relationship with slavery has just acquired an illustrious new member, said The Times.

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Tens of thousands of pounds of drugs have also been seized following the raids

The Navy has renamed the USS Chancellorsville, a name honoring a Confederate victory, to the USS Robert Smalls, after an enslaved man who escaped the South by stealing a Confederate steamship.

Anti-slavery advocates warn more research and education is needed to prevent sex trafficking and protect vulnerable people at risk of exploitation.