The Latest Breaking News from Slavery

Trumpism without Trump: Still dangerous

Trump's 2020 "Lost Cause" ideology has taught Republicans how to seize power — and they may not need him anymore

Salon · Jun 12, 2022

Priti Patel could rip up Tories' own modern slavery laws to force people to Rwanda

The Tory Home Secretary is said to be appointing a reviewer of the Modern Slavery Act - which Theresa May said was the 'great human rights issue of our time' - to prevent lawyers using it to stop deportation flights

Daily Mirror · Jun 12, 2022

Survivors fight back against trafficking

Modern slavery in its many forms is big business - from underage girls being forced into marriage or sold for the sex trade - but survivors are speaking up.

AAP · Jun 11, 2022

US moves to rename Army bases honoring Confederate generals who fought to defend slavery

For decades, nine U.S. Army bases have carried the names of men who fought against the U.S. Army – in a war waged to defend and perpetuate the slavery of people of African descent.

The Conversation · Jun 3, 2022

'I said no' – Nie's refusal and the troubling question of Pacific slavery in Australia

In 1881 Nie (also known as Nai), a Pacific Islander woman, walked off “Virginia” plantation, south of Maryborough, in the colony of Queensland.

The Conversation · Jun 2, 2022

How can California provide reparations? A new report suggests several ways

The report recommends ways to address the "lingering negative effects" of slavery — from policing reforms to housing grants to increased voting access to free tuition.

WEKU · Jun 1, 2022

Slippery Slope Arguments in History: David Hume

From Hume's Of the Liberty of the Press (1742): It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once. Slavery has so frightful an aspect to men accustomed to freedom that it must steal in upon them by degrees and must disguise itself in a thousand shapes…

Reason · Jun 1, 2022

Modern-day struggle at James Madison's plantation Montpelier to include the descendants' voices of the enslaved

On May 17, 2022, after weeks of negative stories on Montpelier in the national press, the foundation that operates the Virginia plantation home of James Madison finally made good on its promise to share authority with descendants of people enslaved by the man known as “the father” of the U.S.…

The Conversation · Jun 1, 2022

Editorial: How Harvard could really help historically Black colleges

Giving back what isn’t yours is a fundamental way of righting a wrong. Admitting mistakes and making amends is another. These are not controversial statements. But when it comes to American history and the fraught question of who profited from slavery and what, if anything, should be done about it…

Tribune News Service · May 31, 2022

In Georgia, 2 Black candidates to compete for Senate seat

Georgia still struggles with its history of slavery, segregation and racial injustice, but voters in the Deep South state have for the first time selected two Black candidates to represent the major parties in a U.S. Senate race

The Independent UK · May 28, 2022