With the first 20 Africans brought to Virginia in 1619, the United States initiated a labor system characterized by extreme ...

Temu and Shein should be restricted from the U.S. market. Their supplies chains are highly likely to be engaged in slave ...

When the 13th Amendment abolished slavery but allowed the exception as punishment for convicted crimes, California followed ...

Frederick Douglass, born into slavery in 1818, never knew the precise date he was born, but later chose Feb. 14 as his ...

A 90-minute walking tour details the city’s role in promoting slavery throughout the South and the driving force of faith to survive and triumph over it.

Residents were given an opportunity to learn about their city’s role in the history of slavery in the United States, viewing ...

Antigua and Barbuda’s ambassador to the United States, Ronald M. Sanders, condemned Harvard’s decision to lay off the staff ...

Thomas Downing — a freeman born to formerly enslaved people in Virginia — became one of the city’s wealthiest citizens as the ...

In a fresh crackdown on scam centers operating from Southeast Asia, the Thai army announced Thursday it is coordinating an ...

Democratic Oregon Rep. Janelle Bynum compared a Republican-led immigration bill to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 Thursday ...

10 million more people were in modern slavery in 2021 compared to 2016 global ... Global annual profit from forced labour estimated at US$236 billion The annual global profit generated from ...

Census showing residents of Yonkers By Dennis Richmond Jr. A conversation about slavery is never easy. It is an open wound, a ...