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UN calls for reparations to remedy the historical wrongs of trafficking enslaved Africans

The U.N. General Assembly's resolution also urges “the prompt and unhindered restitution” of cultural items to their ...

Trump admin displaying slave owner in park named after MLK Jr. is 'middle finger' to Americans

For the nation's 250th birthday celebration, the Trump administration is planning to display a statue of a prominent slave ...

The Libyan Slave Trade Has Shocked the World. Here’s What You Should Know

On Wednesday, the leaders of Libya, France, Germany, Chad and Niger and four other countries agreed on a plan to evacuate ...
PBS

This digital archive of slave voyages details the largest forced migration in history

Between 1500 and 1866, slave traders forced 12.5 million Africans aboard transatlantic slave vessels. Before 1820, four enslaved Africans crossed the Atlantic for every European, making Africa the ...
Greek Reporter

The American Slave Who Fought in the Greek War of Independence

Former slave and American philhellene James Williams fought in the Greek War of Independence for the freedom of Greece and ...
The Real News Network

From former slave to anarchist: Lucy Parsons’ radical life and legacy

She was very much ahead of her time… this is a formerly enslaved Black woman who was speaking with an unfettered, ...
Modern Engineering Marvels on MSN

The pyramid slave story falls apart under workers’ tomb evidence

The strongest evidence against the old slave story is not hidden in royal propaganda but in graves. On the slope beside the ...
Greek Reporter

Drimachus: The Slave Who Led a Rebellion in Ancient Greece

Drimachus led a slave revolt on Chios, ruling a rogue stronghold before betrayal. Organized resistance like that of Spartacus ...