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Edinburgh Royal Infirmary owned slave estate in Jamaica and got 'compensation' after abolition

Red Hill pen in Jamaica was left to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh in 1749 and the hospital was given hundreds of thousands of pounds (in today's money) by the British Government as 'compensation' for their losses when slavery was abolished in 1834.

Daily Record

Benedict Cumberbatch's ancestors got rich from slavery in Barbados. Now he could be on the hook for reparations

A century and a half before the celebrated British actor was born, Benedict Cumberbatch's ancestors enslaved hundreds of people and forced them to toil away on a sugar plantation in Barbados.

ABC News

Benedict Cumberbatch's family could face legal action over historical links to slavery

The Sherlock and Marvel stars family has previously expressed his remorse over his own family's links to slavery

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This student reporter infiltrated a 'cyber hell' where women and girls were sexually exploited, and helped catch the ringleaders

Two South Korean university students helped police break up one of the largest digital networks of sexual slavery in South Korea. But to get there, they had to spend months immersed in a harrowing online world that continues to haunt them years later.

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Commentary: Films about slavery mislead us into believing oppression is a thing of the past

Antoine Fuqua’s “Emancipation” is yet another movie about slavery. Our Black colleagues express a resounding fatigue with films on Black oppression and triumph.

Chicago Tribune

Walking election disaster Theresa May says the Tories can win the next election

The former Prime Minister, who lost the Tories their majority in the 2017 snap election, insists Rishi Sunak can turn the party's fortunes around by 2024 and beat Keir Starmer

Daily Mirror

Black Snow, a new pacy murder mystery, addresses the complicated legacy of slavery in Australia

In 1994, the Australian federal government finally extended recognition to Australian South Sea Islander people as a distinct cultural group. This recognition was important: racism put Australian South Sea Islanders at a disadvantage, yet there was little public recognition of the unique circumstances they and their ancestors had experienced and…

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May warns over risk of creating extra loopholes in migrants crackdown

The ex-premier offered advice to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as he seeks to prevent people exploiting modern slavery rules to avoid deportation.

The Independent UK

Evil landlady kept vulnerable woman domestic slave working 14-hour days for seven years

Farzana Kausar from Worthing, Sussex, has been jailed for modern slavery after hiring the 62-year-old woman and taking control of every aspect of her life over a 16-year period

Daily Mirror

Vietnamese men who died in Oldham fire ‘likely to have been modern slavery victims’

Greater Manchester police believe part of mill used as illegal cannabis factory

The Guardian - UK

Modern slavery: UK's focus on 'genuine' victims has failed survivors since the 1800s

The exploitation of tens of thousands of people through modern slavery is a human rights crisis. There are an estimated 130,000 people currently living in modern slavery in the UK alone.

The Conversation

Dutch leader apologizes for the Netherlands' role in slave trade

Prime Minister Mark Rutte's apology comes as many nations' colonial histories have received scrutiny because of the Black Lives Matter movement and the police killing of George Floyd in the U.S.

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Supreme Court temporarily blocks the end of Trump-era immigration policy

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Men found dead in mill fire 'likely to have been victims of modern slavery' as pictures emerge of devastating site

EXCLUSIVE: Detectives investigating the deaths of Cuong Van Chu, Uoc Van Nguyen, Duong Van Nguyen and Nam Thanh Lee have released fresh details about the case

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The Independent UK

Dutch prime minister apologies for role Netherlands played in slave trade

However, critics label the speech as ‘neo-colonial belch’, as lack of reparations raises complaints

Evening Standard

Dutch Prime Minister apologises for Netherlands’ role in slave trade

Mark Rutte spoke out on Monday as members of his cabinet gave speeches in seven former Caribbean colonies, where slaves were used on coffee and sugar plantations

Asharq Al-Awsat

Netherlands PM Rutte Apologizes for Role of Dutch State in Slavery

Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Monday apologized on behalf of the Dutch State for its historical role in slavery, and for consequences that he acknowledged continue into the present day. "Today I apologize," Rutte said in a nationally televised speech at the Dutch National Archives. "For centuries the Dutch state…

Radio France Internationale

Mixed reactions as Dutch leader apologises for 250 years of slavery

Speaking on behalf of the Dutch government on Monday, Prime Minister Mark Rutte offered "apologies" for the Netherlands' involvement in the slave trade. But not everybody was willing to accept his words.

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Don't delay on modern slavery law, Govt told

As ministers "pare back" their policy reforms over the summer, advocates say a modern slavery law must stay a priority.

The Guardian - UK

Dutch PM apologises for Netherlands’ role in slave trade

Mark Rutte says Dutch state ‘enabled, encouraged and profited from slavery’ for centuries

The Independent UK

Dutch leader pledges 'meaningful' response to slavery report

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte is set to deliver a speech in response to a report into the country’s historical role in the global slave trade, amid reports it could include a formal government apology

Reuters

Netherlands PM Rutte apologises for role of Dutch state in slavery

Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Monday apologised on behalf of the Dutch State for its historical role in slavery, and for consequences that he acknowledged continue into the present day.

The Independent UK

Caribbean divided as Netherlands mulls slavery apology

Dutch colonizers kidnapped men, women and children and enslaved them on plantations growing sugar, coffee and other goods that built wealth at the price of misery

The Orange County Register

How ‘Kindred’ brought Octavia Butler’s time travel and slavery story to FX

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Actress Mallori Johnson first encountered the work of writer Octavia Butler when she read “Fledgling,” a novel about a young Black vampire. It was the summer before she left home for the Julliard School in New York City.

WEKU

Congress votes to remove a bust of the Dred Scott decision's author from the Capitol

The bill calls for replacing the bust of former Chief Justice Roger Taney, who wrote the decision upholding slavery, with one of Thurgood Marshall, the first Black person to serve on the high court.

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