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Stations in the netherlands, that went to court to try and stop this apology from going ahead on the 19th of december, because they said this is a random date, it does not mean anything to us was not they wanted it to be on the 1st ofjuly 2023, marking the 160th anniversary of the and —— emancipation act, when the shackles were released. and they said this has echoes of colonialism, the way this whole apology has been conducted, they have not listened to us and therefore, it does not mean an...

John Newton, William Wilberforce, and the fight to end slavery in the British Empire.

From the blog of Sheldon Kirshner at The Times of Israel

St. Charles County officials on Saturday will honor Archer Alexander, a Black man who was enslaved in St. Charles County. Historians say he saved the lives of Union soldiers during the Civil War.

July is here, which means that people across the Netherlands are coming together to celebrate Keti Koti. But what is Keti Koti, and why is it celebrated on ...

<p>When the District abolished slavery, it compensated more than 900 former enslavers for the emancipation of more than 3,000 people. The formerly enslaved got nothing. </p>

I write in response to a column written by St Aubyn Morgan titled ‘Focus on nation-building, forget reparation’ published in the Jamaica Observer on April 12. In this author’s opinion th...

Things to do this weekend in D.C., Maryland and Virginia include easter egg hunts, festivals and more

This Arts and Medicine feature surveys the life and scholarship of James McCune Smith, MD, a 19th-century New York physician who cared for poor individuals, deb

A 19th-century Irish doctor, Richard Robert Madden, who struggled with the legacy of his family's involvement in slavery would go on to become a prominent campaigner in the worldwide anti-slavery movement and fought Irish racism in the US.