Britain's slave trading past is getting a human face as an ancestry-tracing website starts putting the personal histories of the victims online for the first time. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

A woman was forced to work as a slave on a remote Alpine farm for more than 40 years. picked by Franz6 10 months ago

In January, when the Obamas move into the White House — a mansion built partially by slaves — as the country's first African-American first family, Michelle Obama will embark upon a life her great-great-grandfather never could have envisioned. picked by muppet 12 months ago

Preliminary genetic research suggests that African slaves are responsible for nearly every facet of one of the first rice varieties grown in the U.S., as well as one of the most lucrative crops in early American history. picked by mitzuzake 2 years ago

Marine archaeologists have found the remains of a slave ship wrecked off the Turks and Caicos Islands in 1841, an accident that set free the ancestors of many current residents of those islands. Some 192 Africans survived the sinking of the Spanish ship Trouvadore off the British-ruled islands, where the slave trade was banned. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

In what is either the weirdest Russian crime story of the year so far or a new low in yellow crime journalism, a female hair stylist in the Kaluga region is suspected of holding an armed robber in captivity as a sex slave for two days after he unsuccessfully tried to knock over her beauty salon. picked by kakana 7 months ago

Children from at least 10 African countries were sent as maids to the U.S. and Europe. But the problem is so well hidden that authorities — including the U.N., Interpol and the State Department — have no idea how many child maids now work in the West. picked by muppet 11 months ago

HIV virus that causes AIDS presumably came into United States from Haiti somewhere around 1969, which is, in fact, a decade earlier than the majority of scientists believed. picked by maxriter 2 years ago

A "monstrous" millionaire couple from Long Island's Gold Coast kept two Indonesian women as slaves for five years. picked by Bornbad 3 years ago

In a country suffering from political upheaval and natural disasters, where three-quarters of the people can neither afford nor access private clinics or fee-based public hospitals, few could have imagined at the dawn of the AIDS crisis how far Haiti would come. picked by kakana 5 months ago

"the complaint claims that many Apple employees are routinely subjected to working conditions resembling indentured servitude, or 'modern day slaves,' for lack of better words." picked by qazwer00 1 year ago

As Britain prepares to commemorate 200 years since the abolition of the slave trade, a new photographic exhibition focuses on human trafficking in the UK today. picked by tundramonkey 3 years ago

THE UN will name Bill Clinton its special envoy to Haiti, his spokesman said yesterday, in a move that could capitalize on the ex-president's years of involvement with the impoverished nation to burnish the international body's image there. picked by bingo 6 months ago

A representative of the Saudi Arabia government is trying to lobby for the review of this rapist/slave owner sentenced to 20-to-life in 2006.

Their defense then and now? He was acting in "traditional Muslim traditions". Fine. Send him down to Texas, Alabama, or Mississippii. They have a few "traditions" of their own. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

"As you enter the heaven of liberty, you literally have to cross the hell of slavery," picked by kxmk 2 years ago

Peter Hitchens writes about some of the problems in Africa and how the Chinese are treating the country and its people. picked by bernardblack 1 year ago

Here's an incredibly interesting letter from 1857, written by a lady called Vilet Lester and sent to someone by the name of Patsey Patterson. Vilet Lester was a slave and prior to this letter being written had at some point been owned by the Patterson family before moving on.

More here picked by Doggylives 3 months ago

Some interesting things happened today in the world of music. As an example, The Coasters recorded "Charlie Brown", but wait there's more! picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

In addition to the Liberty Bell, there will be a new exhibit honoring the work and efforts made by the slaves of the era as well as showing what their daily lives were like. picked by MaskedWriter 3 years ago

Well, it was a pirate ship too. But there are several parties up in arms about putting it on display as it was also a slave ship. picked by donteatpoop 3 years ago