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‘He bought me like a chicken’: the struggle to end slavery in Niger

Al-Husseina Amadou was just one of thousands of girls in west Africa who are still bought cheaply as a wahaya, or ‘fifth wife’

The Guardian - UK · Jun 28, 2022

Voters in five states will decide in November on removing constitutional language permitting enslavement or servitude as criminal punishments or debt payments

In 2022, voters in five states — Alabama, Louisiana, Oregon, Tennessee, and Vermont — will decide on ballot measures to repeal language from their state constitutions that allows slavery or involuntary servitude for the punishment of a crime, or, in Vermont, for the payment of debts, damages, or fines.

Ballotpedia · Jun 27, 2022

Goldsmiths to keep slavery statues after local vote for them to stay

Four controversial statues will stay on a university building in south London after locals voted for them to stay.

Evening Standard · Jun 27, 2022

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Jenice Armstrong: Let’s help this professor get the US to declare racism a public health crisis

PHILADELPHIA — I thought a lot about the legacy of slavery this past Juneteenth.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 27, 2022

Luther Burrell claims racism is ‘rife’ in rugby: ‘That’s the environment’

The former England centre opened up about receiving comments about bananas, fried chicken and slavery and being greeted with a racial slur

The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2022

Anti-choice right gloats, and dreams big

On social media, far right dunks extensively, promises national abortion ban and "thousand-year White Boy Summer"

Salon · Jun 24, 2022

Prince Charles expresses ‘sorrow’ over slavery’s ‘enduring impact’ at Commonwealth meeting in Rwanda

Charles told the gathering he could not “describe the depths of my personal sorrow at the suffering of so many” during slavery.

Evening Standard · Jun 24, 2022

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Three arrested in east London in probe of ‘gang using forced labour to produce cannabis’

Stock: National Crime Agency HQ sign

Evening Standard · Jun 24, 2022

Prince Charles shares ‘sorrow’ at suffering slavery caused – but no apology

Prince of Wales tells Commonwealth summit in Rwanda he is on a ‘personal journey of discovery’, but the royals still face criticism over historic ties to slavery

The Independent UK · Jun 24, 2022

Car wash slave-drivers jailed for years-long reign of terror

Pair’s squalid home described by victim as ‘gate to hell’

The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2022

Modern slavery: Couple who enslaved Slovakian men and forced them to work at car wash are jailed

Maros Tancos and Joanna Gomulska trafficked vulnerable people to the UK, forced them to work long hours in menial jobs in order to pocket their pay

Evening Standard · Jun 22, 2022

Cruel couple kept ten slaves locked in house of horrors dubbed ‘gate to hell’

Maros Tancos and Joanna Gomulska have been jailed for a total of 26 years for their roles in the human trafficking operation.

Daily Record · Jun 22, 2022

Inside house of horrors dubbed 'gate to hell' where vile couple kept slaves

Maros Tancos and Joanne Gomulska forced the vulnerable slaves to carry out almost £1million of work for free

Manchester Evening News · Jun 22, 2022

Couple who forced more than 40 vulnerable men into slavery have been jailed

Maros Tancos and Joanna Gomulska trafficked vulnerable people to the UK, forced them to work long hours in menial jobs in order to pocket their pay.

The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2022

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The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2022

Traffickers will escape justice if victims treated like criminals, charity warns

Hope for Justice says people rescued from forced labour often live in fear they will be deported, making it harder to cooperate with police.

Daily Mirror · Jun 22, 2022

Twisted couple kept 10 slaves locked in UK house of horrors dubbed 'gate to hell'

Victims of Maros Tancos and Joanna Gomulska described living with 10 people in a three-bedroom home, sharing a bathroom and sleeping on filthy mattresses, and were locked inside when the couple went out

Bristol Post · Jun 22, 2022

Bristol human trafficking case: National Crime Agency reveals how couple were caught

Maros Tancos and his partner Joanna Gomulska frittered money away as the slaves they exploited lived in squalor

Bristol Post · Jun 22, 2022

Bristol car wash couple jailed for human trafficking of Slovakian immigrants

"You treated the victims of your conspiracy as if they were cattle"

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Zenger · Jun 22, 2022

Celebrating Freedom From Slavery, Ignorance And Injustice Central To Juneteenth

This vibrant celebration marks the day that 250,000 enslaved black people in Texas were freed.

The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2022

Chineke! Junior Orchestra to mark 250 years since landmark legal slavery case

The Chineke! Junior Orchestra is made up of ethnically diverse musicians aged between 11 and 22.

Bristol Post · Jun 21, 2022

Bristol version of BoxPark to open by next Easter

Developers have the money in place now to convert two dockside warehouses into 'BoxHall' and end what has been quite a saga

The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2022

What is Juneteenth and why is it a holiday?

Thousands of enslaved people in Texas were ordered free two years after Emancipation Proclamation

The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2022

‘You complain, you get fired’: migrant crews on UK fishing boats speak out

Trapped by the terms of their ‘transit visas’, seafarers from outside the EEA are facing exploitation, danger and violence

Reason · Jun 19, 2022

The Meaning of Juneteenth

Far from being somehow at odds with July 4 and the Declaration of Independence, Juneteenth celebrates the greatest achievement of the principles of the Revolution.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 19, 2022

How a Black family's Bible ended up at the Smithsonian Institution

WASHINGTON — On a rainy spring afternoon, Denise Diggs visited the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. She was in search of a family artifact.

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