The Latest Breaking News from Slavery

Planning officers are set to review an application to remove the plaque which was changed to include information about the abolition of the slave trade.

The figures come as the British Standards Institute (BSI) launches its new world first national standard to help organisations across the UK eradicate modern slavery

Slavery and civil war tested us 160 years ago. Again, we are being tested. Midterms are less than a month away

Its estimated that 130,000 people in the UK are victims of modern day slavery

Exclusive: Charities working with victims say it should not be taken away from the safeguarding minister

Tuberville claimed Democrats want to give slavery reparations to people who "do crime"

Welcome to the Tuesday, October 11, Brew. 

Republican U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville from Alabama has refused to apologize for saying that Democrats want reparations for slavery because “they think the people that do the crime are owed that.”

On November 8, 2022, voters in five states—Alabama, Louisiana, Oregon, Tennessee, and Vermont—will decide on amending their state constitutions to repeal language regarding the use of slavery or indentured servitude as punishment for a crime, or, in the case of Vermont, for the payments of debts, damages, fines, costs.