The Latest Breaking News from Slavery

2022 could be worst year for modern slavery - with 8,000 victims in first 6 months

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

Wales Online · Oct 25, 2022

Five US states ask residents if they want to 'wipe slavery' from record books forever

Next month voters in Alabama, Louisiana, Vermont, Oregon and Tennessee will get the chance to wipe slavery from their states' constitutions forever, according to a ballot initiative

Daily Mirror · Oct 24, 2022

Poem of the week: George Moses Horton, Myself by George Moses Horton

The poet, who lived most of his life in slavery, uses his own name to title a stirring hymn to freedom

The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2022

‘Slavery was never abolished. It was simply redefined’: Why ending slavery is on the ballot in five states

Abolitionists are backing changes to state constitutions that could end forced prison labour, the 13th Amendment “loophole” keeping American slavery alive. Alex Woodward reports

The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2022

Prison Slavery Up for a Vote in 5 States

Plus: Federal court dismisses state challenge to student loan debt forgiveness, not all independent contractors want to be employees, and more...

Reason · Oct 21, 2022

Descendant review – powerful Netflix documentary on the legacy of slavery

A striking and sensitive film about how an illegal slave ship led to an Alabama community of inherited trauma but also defiance

The Guardian - US · Oct 21, 2022

US midterm elections: Five states to vote on ‘slavery loopholes’

Nationwide push to change rules on prison labour leads to ballot measures as US struggles to face legacy of slavery.

Al Jazeera · Oct 20, 2022

Slavery is on the ballot for voters in 5 US states

Voters in five states are deciding whether to close loopholes that allowed convict labor as an exception to slavery

The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2022

Former Children's Laureate joins calls for Black history to be compulsory in UK schools

Malorie Blackman who is best known for Noughts and Crosses which was turned into a BBC drama, said that history lessons should tell “the whole truth” about Britain's role in slavery.

Daily Mirror · Oct 20, 2022

What can reparations for slavery look like in the United States? One man has ideas

Professor Andrew Delbanco gave this year's annual Jefferson Lecture, titled, "The Question of Reparations: Our Past, Our Present, Our Future," where he addressed reparations for slavery in the U.S.

WEKU · Oct 20, 2022