The senate adopted a resolution today, June 18 apologizing slavery and the Jim Crow laws. I am surprised that a formal apology was never issued before. picked by DoggyBob 5 months ago

SA's Pres. Mbeki: Poverty in Africa is causing new slavery in Europe, and it's the developed world's fault. Quotes Karl Marx. picked by rambler 3 years 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

Who knew?? picked by kxmk 2 years ago

According to a contract exposed by an undercover reporter, a child laborer is paid 3.5 yuan ($0.50) an hour and must work at least 300 hours a month. picked by deEPCHill 2 years 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

Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ. picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

New Jersey lawmakers begin considering a measure that would make theirs the first northern U.S. state to offer an expression of regret for slavery. picked by DemureArt 2 years ago

Cannabis farms are being run in suburban houses by organised crime gangs, and staffed by illegally smuggled children, generally aged between 14 and 16 picked by evadiva 4 months ago

A former teacher was sentenced Tuesday to more than seven years in prison for forcing a Haitian girl to work as a slave for years, each day of the week, in her South Florida home.

Apparently the woman still refuses to admit she did anything wrong. picked by jhordie 2 years ago

In Bucharest, you can buy a young girl for 8,000 euros. I mean buy them as in you own them forever or until you sell them to someone else. Most of them are sold by their parents in Moldova when they are little children. picked by trushafty38 8 months ago

White teacher taped hands and feet of two black girls to enliven discussion. picked by muppet 12 months ago

Big money is backing a plan to commercialize the slave trade once again, but this time the effort will memorialize slavery as a tourist attraction in the one-time slave port of Badagry in Nigeria. Combined with the proposed Jackson Five Museum and Luxury Resort the hope is to bring tourism to the struggling nation. picked by equinox 9 months ago

Slavery thrives in the shadows. An estimated 27 million live in bondage today – yet we know about the plight of so few of them. The battle to end slavery begins by revealing it.
*more here* picked by Bornbad 4 months 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

Millionaire couple were each convicted of all charges in a 12-count federal indictment that included forced labor, conspiracy, involuntary servitude, and harboring aliens.

Update to this. picked by ReBoot 2 years ago

What are your thoughts?
Do we punish people who didn't do anything wrong in order to enrich people who weren't harmed? picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

They are pushing the notion that Africans are descendants of Noah's son, Ham who was cursed because he accidentally saw Noah in his drunken naked state. This sort of bs has been used to "justify" the enslavement of blacks for centuries upon centuries. picked by 2manyusernames 3 months ago

St. Louis County (MN) Commissioner Keith Nelson explains how he would vote on slavery if given the choice. picked by Bornbad 3 years ago

With $50 and a plane ticket to Haiti, one can buy a slave. There are more slaves on the planet today than at any time in human history. Adjusting for inflation, in 1850 a slave would cost roughly $30k to $40k. Today you can go to Haiti and buy a 9-year-old girl to use as a sexual and domestic slave for $50. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago