Record numbers of UK nationals need help to break free from slavery
New figures show The Salvation Army supported 79% more British slavery survivors than the previous year despite a fall in
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Face masks to tackle modern slavery launched by The Salvation Army
Face masks designed to spread awareness of modern slavery have been launched by The Salvation Army and are available to
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New figures show sharp rise in the number of modern slavery referrals
The number of potential modern slavery victims referred to the UK’s National Referral Mechanism (NRM) rose sharply last year, according
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The Nuns Who Bought and Sold Human Beings
Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, one of the oldest Roman Catholic girls’ schools in the nation, has long celebrated the vision and generosity
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Found: The Oldest-Known Photograph of Enslaved African Americans With Cotton
The image is simple and haunting. Ten enslaved African-American people stand in front of a two-story, white clapboard building, some
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The Knot and Pinterest will no longer promote slave plantations
The wedding venues are often said to have a “touch of southern charm.” One boasts of an 18th-century plantation home
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‘County-lines gangs fuelling’ child slavery rise
There has been an eightfold increase in the number of child victims of modern slavery referred by local councils in
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Steep rise in British people forced to work as slaves
There has been a 58% rise in British nationals needing support after being rescued from slavery according to a new
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How history textbooks reflect America’s refusal to reckon with slavery
Textbooks have been slow to incorporate black humanity in their slavery narratives. And they still have a long way to
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Glasgow University’s ‘bold’ move to pay back slave trade profits
Glasgow University has agreed to raise and spend £20m in reparations after discovering it benefited by millions of pounds from
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Texas police apologise for horseback officers leading black man by rope
Texas police have apologised after an image of two white officers on horseback leading a handcuffed black man by a
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Christ sacrificed himself for others. Are America’s Christians sacrificing others for themselves?
his summer marks 400 years since August 1619, when the first slaves were brought to Jamestown, Virginia.The four centuries have been to
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Most Americans say the legacy of slavery still affects black people in the U.S. today
A U.S. House of Representatives committee plans to hold a hearing this week on the topic of reparations for slavery, the first
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Police investigating record number of child modern slavery cases
The Police are currently investigating a record number of modern slavery cases involving children, according to a new report released
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Black Christians reflect on church’s condoning of slavery
When the Rev. Jaymes Robert Moody takes his pulpit to preach, sometimes he pictures the graveyard. That is where his
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