Slavery

Brazil, facing calls for reparations, wrangles with its painful legacy of slavery

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RIO DE JANEIRO — The executive manager for institutional relations at a Brazilian state bank took the microphone before roughly 150 people at a forum on slavery’s legacy in his country, which kidnapped more Africans for forced labor than any other nation. “Today’s Bank of Brazil asks Black people for forgiveness,” André Machado said to … Read more

Nikki Haley, asked what caused the Civil War, leaves out slavery. It’s not the first time

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley was asked Wednesday by a New Hampshire voter about the reason for the Civil War, and she didn’t mention slavery in her response — leading the voter to say he was “astonished” by her omission. Asked during a town hall in Berlin, New Hampshire, what she … Read more

Prosecutors want Brazil’s oldest bank to pay reparations for slavery

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Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave RIO DE JANEIRO — In the mid-1800s, the most prolific slaver in Brazil was a man named José Bernardino de Sá. The transatlantic slave trade was banned in Brazil and abroad, but Bernardino nonetheless financed the trafficking of nearly 20,000 Africans to Brazil — and became one … Read more

Dutch king, queen confronted by protesters on visit to South Africa slavery museum

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Angry protesters in Cape Town have confronted the king and queen of the Netherlands as they visited a museum that traces part of their country’s 150-year involvement in slavery in South Africa ByGERALD IMRAY Associated Press October 20, 2023, 9:19 AM Khoisan protesters surround King Willem Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands at the … Read more

Descendants of a British proprietor of slaves in Guyana apologize as Caribbean nation seeks reparations

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana — The descendants of a Nineteenth-century Scottish sugar and low planter who owned 1000’s of slaves in Guyana apologized Friday for the sins of their ancestor, calling slavery a criminal offense towards humanity with lasting adverse impacts. Charles Gladstone, a descendant of former plantation proprietor John Gladstone, traveled to Guyana from Britain with … Read more

Ron DeSantis makes Biden’s 4-year-old granddaughter the punchline of a tweet as he dodges blowback over Florida instructing college students that some elements of slavery had been a optimistic factor

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.John Bazemore/ AP Photograph Ron DeSantis took a private shot at Joe Biden’s remedy of Hunter Biden’s four-year-old daughter. The president has not reportedly met or publicly acknowledged the kid. DeSantis’ blow got here as Vice President Kamala Harris assaults his state’s new schooling requirements. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday took … Read more

50 Million Individuals Are Residing in ‘Trendy Slavery’

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UNITED NATIONS — The world’s 20 richest nations are fueling compelled labor and account for over half the estimated 50 million individuals residing in “fashionable slavery,” in line with a report launched Wednesday. The report by the Stroll Free basis, a rights group that focuses on fashionable slavery, mentioned six members of the Group of … Read more