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Texas’ social studies shakeup creates divide over whose histories to teach, and how

Concerned about Texas’ social studies overhaul, Democrats on the State Board of Education used a recent meeting to push for the inclusion of more Black and Indigenous perspectives and for young children to learn about the horrific nature of slavery.

The Texas Tribune

What is Project Spire and why is it dividing the Church of England?

The church’s £100m project aims to address past connections to slavery, but critics say funds should help struggling parishes

The Guardian - UK

Judge calls Justice Department's statements on slavery exhibit display 'dangerous' and 'horrifying'

A federal judge warned Justice Department lawyers that they were making “dangerous" and “horrifying” statements when they said the Trump Administration can decide what part of history to display at National Park Service sites

The Independent UK

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Calls for King Charles to formally apologise for slavery after research shows crown’s role

Book The Crown’s Silence details how crown profited from and protected trade in enslaved African people for centuries

The Guardian - UK

‘Unjust and inhuman’: how royal family ignored a Black abolitionist’s plea to end the slave trade

In this adapted extract from The Crown’s Silence, which examines the royal family’s links with slavery from Elizabeth I to the present, Ottobah Cugoano directly appeals to the monarchy – but is met with silence

The Guardian - UK

The pioneering path of Augustus Tolton, the first Black Catholic priest in the US – born into slavery, he’s now a candidate for sainthood

The first publicly recognized Black priest in the United States, Augustus Tolton, may not be a household name. Yet I believe his story – from being born enslaved to becoming a college valedictorian – deserves to be a staple of Black History Month. “Good Father Gus” is now a candidate…

The Conversation

Philadelphia sues US government for removal of slavery-related exhibit

Display at President’s House site, residence to George Washington, had information on people enslaved by him

The Guardian - US

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Philly officials suing after Parks Service removes slavery exhibit ‘presumably’ at the behest of Trump

Pennsylvania city files lawsuit seeking temporary injunction after information boards explaining the lives of George Washington’s slaves abruptly taken down without explanation

The Independent UK

Philadelphia sues over removal of slavery exhibit at Independence National Historical Park

The National Park Service has removed an exhibit on slavery at Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park

The Independent UK

British crown was world’s largest buyer of enslaved people by 1807, book reveals

Exclusive: Author of The Crown’s Silence tells how navy and monarchy protected slave trade for hundreds of years

The Guardian - UK

Exploited worker's death sparks anti-slavery calls

The death of a migrant worker who was exploited and fearful of his visa sponsor has prompted calls for the creation of an anti-slavery hotline.

AAP

Brutal, vibrant and creative: capturing the soul of Latin America in 100 photographs

The journalist and historian Paulo Antonio Paranaguá uses images from the turbulent continent to weave a history of the region, covering colonisation, slavery and dictatorship

The Guardian - UK

‘There’s this whole other story’: inside the fight to end slavery in the Americas

The Great Resistance, an expansive new book by author and historian Carrie Gibson, brings together often unheard narratives to tell the bigger picture of a difficult time

The Guardian - US

Worker exploitation can hide in plain sight. Here’s how to ensure an ethical summer holiday

If they haven’t already, many Australians will soon head off for summer holidays. But behind every smooth check-in, cocktail or airport gate smile is one of more than an estimated 270 million tourism workers – about 8.2% of the global workforce.

The Conversation

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Evening Standard

Emmerdale actor Joshua Richards wept over modern slavery plot

Richards, who has appeared in Hollywood films including Troy and King Arthur: Excalibur Rising, said the issue of modern slavery is ‘horrifying’.

The Guardian - UK

The Zorg by Siddharth Kara review – scarcely imaginable horrors at sea

A vivid and chilling account of the deadly voyage that triggered the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade

Reason

This 1,300-Page Anticapitalist History Gets a Few Things Wrong

Sven Beckert's Capitalism: A Global History is...not a reliable history.

Newslaundry

Cyber slavery in Myanmar, staged encounters in UP: What it took to uncover these stories this year

Young Indians with hopes and aspirations trapped in the dark underbelly of cyber slavery in Myanmar. Families in Uttar Pradesh living in fear of police ‘half-encounters’. And a year spent telling stories of people fighting to survive.

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International Business Times UK

Green Party Scandal: Councillor Asghar Arrested on Suspicion of Modern Slavery and Threats

Green Party councillor Sohail Asghar arrested for modern slavery and threats in Lancashire, leading to suspension

The Conversation

Freedom for Christmas: the extraordinary journey of an enslaved woman to Britain

A newly unveiled statue in North Shields is casting fresh light on the extraordinary life of Mary Ann Macham – a woman whose courage carried her from the brutality of slavery in the US state of Virginia to freedom on the banks of the River Tyne on Christmas Day, 1831.

The Guardian - UK

UK asylum seekers not widely abusing modern slavery rules, report finds

Exclusive: Thinktank’s findings undermine successive home secretaries’ statements about misuse of system in England and Wales

The Conversation

Did Charles Dickens see A Christmas Carol as an anti-slavery story?

A Christmas Carol is usually read as a Victorian morality tale about capitalism and compassion. Yet an autographed script written by Charles Dickens during the American Civil War raises the possibility he may also have understood the story as speaking to the cause of ending slavery in the US.

The Conversation

The metaverse is ushering in a new era of behind-the-scenes exploitation

From ancient slavery to the factory floor, progress has often relied on the exploitation of human beings. We might like to believe those days are well behind us. But in the digital age, AI and the metaverse risk repeating that pattern with new forms of invisible labour and inequality.

International Business Times UK

Elon Musk Mocked After Saying Children Should Be 'Proud' That The 'Whites In The West' Ended Slavery

Elon Musk's X post praising 'the Whites in the West' for ending slavery drew ridicule and rebukes from historians and campaigners, but archival records show a more complex, painful history.

Radio France Internationale

Dutch royal visit brings €66m fund for Suriname slavery descendants

Suriname and the Netherlands have launched a €66 million fund to support social projects for descendants of enslaved and indigenous peoples – part of a wider effort to confront the lasting legacy of colonial slavery.

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