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Police investigating record number of child modern slavery cases

4th June 20193rd June 2019 Josie McFarlane 152 Views 0 Comment children, crime, Modern Slavery, police, Slavery

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

30th May 201925th May 2019 Josie McFarlane 202 Views 0 Comment Africa, African American, Black history, Christians, church, God, Religion, 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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Cambridge investigates its slavery links

3rd May 20193rd May 2019 Josie McFarlane 195 Views 0 Comment #Cambridge, black, Black history, community, History, Slavery, University

The University of Cambridge is to investigate its own historical links with slavery and will examine how it might have

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Safe Car Wash app reveals hundreds of potential slavery cases

8th April 20197th April 2019 Josie McFarlane 205 Views 0 Comment App, Car-Wash, community, Faith, Modern Slavery, Slavery, technology

Nearly 1,000 reports of potential human trafficking were made in the first five months of an app enabling hand car

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Last survivor of US slave ships discovered

4th April 20194th April 2019 Josie McFarlane 230 Views 0 Comment African-American History, black, community, History, Slavery, US

The last known survivor of the transatlantic slave ships, brought to the US in 1860, has been identified by an

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Bristol school to remove slave trader’s name from house

13th February 201911th February 2019 Josie McFarlane 290 Views 0 Comment community, removed, school, Slavery, Statue

The head teacher of a secondary school says it will remove Colston as a house name for the next school

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Pope admits clerical abuse of nuns including sexual slavery

6th February 20196th February 2019 Josie McFarlane 323 Views 0 Comment Abuse, church, Clergy, community, Faith, Nuns, Pope Francis, Scandel, Sexual abuse, Slavery

Pope Francis has admitted that clerics have sexually abused nuns, and in one case they were kept as sex slaves.

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Prince Charles calls slavery an ‘indelible stain’

6th November 20185th November 2018 Josie McFarlane 416 Views 0 Comment Africa, Africa trip, British taxpayers, commonwealth, community, Ghana, Royal family, Royal visit, Slavery, Speech, The Prince of Wales, Visit

The Prince of Wales has acknowledged Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade but stopped short of giving an official

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Focus on slavery is putting black children off history, teachers warned

22nd October 201818th October 2018 Josie McFarlane 379 Views 0 Comment Barrier, black, BME Students, community, education, Focus, Historical Society, History, Royal Charter, Slavery

Teachers must stop devoting so much time to slavery because it puts black children off History, the Royal Historical Society has

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CARE calls for a week of prayer to mark Anti-Slavery Day

18th October 201817th October 2018 Josie McFarlane 513 Views 0 Comment campaign, care, charity, christian, church, community, Faith, human trafficking, Louise Gleich, modern day, pray, Slavery, Society, stop, Week

Christian charity CARE is today (Thursday October 18) calling for the church to commemorate Anti-Slavery Day 2018 by dedicating time

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Government urged to back Bill to end brutal re-trafficking cycle

12th October 201810th October 2018 Josie McFarlane 524 Views 0 Comment Bill, care, charity, government, human, Modern, Slavery, trafficking

In a major debate on modern slavery taking place at Westminster today, MPs will call on the Government to throw

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Modern Slavery costs billions annually

23rd August 201823rd August 2018 Josie McFarlane 697 Views 0 Comment anti-trafficking laws, Baroness Butler-Sloss, Billions, care, cost of modern slavery, criminal gangs, dignity, domestic servitude, emotional harm, eradicating modern slavery, exploit people, exploit victims, Family Division at the High Court, Frank Field, Freedom, global problem, government, health service costs, Home office, Human traffickers, independent review, injustice, labour exploitation, law enforcement costs, Louise Gleich, Maria Miller, Modern Slavery, Modern Slavery Act, physical harm, President, Research, rights, sexual exploitation, Slavery, three forms of slavery, UK, Walk Free Foundation

New research from the Home Office has revealed the cost of modern slavery in the UK could be as high

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Editors' Picks Lifestyle

How Britain imprisoned some of the first black fighters against slavery

16th August 201830th August 2018 Josie McFarlane 11196 Views 0 Comment Abigail Coppins, African, African-Caribbean, Black British, Black fighters, Black history, Black population, Brigadier-General John Moore, brigands, British prison, Captain Louis Delgrès, Caribbean, Caribbean Island, Caribbean people, Caste, Coppins, Delgrès, dying, English Heritage, Eulalie Piemont, exhibition, Fighting, Forgotten history, Forgotton, former slaves, free-born property owner, guerrilla campaign, Jean-Louis Marin Pèdre, l’Année de la Liberté, L’armée Française dans les bois, Martinique, Matouba on Guadeloupe, mixed race, Napoleonic France, Panthéon, Pont Neuf, Portchester Castle, Portsmouth Harbour, prisoners, revolutionary, Runaway slaves, Second Carib War, Sir Charles Gordon, Sir Ralph Abercrombie, Slavery, St lucia, St Vincent, struggle against slavery, War of Austrian Succession

Forgotten history to be revisited with an exhibition revealing how some of the most celebrated black fighters in the early struggle against

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Editors' Picks News

Slavery memorial highlights Portugal’s racism taboo

6th August 201830th August 2018 Josie McFarlane 3971 Views 0 Comment 400 years, Africans, atlantic trade, Beatriz Gomes Dias, black, community, Djass, Gomes Dias, International Lusophone Movement, jail, multiracial, oppression, portugal, Racism, Renato Epifânio, Ribeira das Naus, slave, Slavery

This statue of emancipation was built on an island off Senegal that was used by slave ships from Portugal, France,

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Gospel Singers bring Henry Box Brown musical to Ed Fringe

24th July 201814th August 2018 Josie McFarlane 1065 Views 0 Comment 1860s, A Capella, abolitionist, African American, African American heroes, American south, Baha'i Unity Center, Ben Harney, bluegrass, Britain, Broadway performers, Broadway’s dream girls, Dr Joy DeGruy, Edinburgh Fringe, Eric Dozier, Frank Sanchez, Freedom, Gospel, Henry Box Brown, Henry Box Musical Project, Jack Lenz, Laurel Graeber, Louisa County, Mehr Mansuri, negro spirituals, New York gospel, New York University’s Office of Governance and Community Affairs, New York’s Christian Cultural Center, North Carolina, Omid Djalili, Passion of Christ, prominent, R&B, R&B singers, Renee Reid, Richmond Tobacco, slave-owning gambler, Slavery, Tony Award, Virginia Slace, white churchman

The cream of New York gospel and R&B singers, plus leading Off Broadway performers, are coming to the Edinburgh Fringe

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