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Report: From slavery to today: The Black women who shaped America
A report from France 24 — English sets out the main available details, with claims kept attributed to their sources.
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Report: Inside a 'modern slavery situation' where cyber scammers are victims themselves
A report from NPR News sets out the main available details, with claims kept attributed to their sources.
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Jamaica Hails King's Decision to Refer Slavery Reparations Petition to Privy Council
Culture minister Olivia Grange called the move a 'really big deal' after lodging the historic petition in the UK earlier this month.
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Research Finds Slave-Trade Wealth Deeply Embedded in Britain's Financial System
New historical research indicates the Bank of England and Britain's broader financial system had extensive links to transatlantic slave trafficking, with dozens of the bank's founding subscribers and directors identified as investors in the trade.
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New Register Documents State-Backed Role of British Political Parties in Slave Trade
A newly published register of British slave traders shows Tory and Whig MPs—forerunners of today’s Conservatives and Liberal Democrats—were central to financing and opposing abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, according to The Guardian.
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Jamaican Delegation Formally Lodges Slavery Reparations Petition With King Charles
Officials from Jamaica presented a petition to King Charles III, the country's head of state, during a landmark visit to the UK, as a London church service marked the anniversary of the 1781 Zong massacre.
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Jamaican Delegation Arrives in UK to Present Slavery Reparations Petition to King Charles
A group of Jamaican officials and campaigners is set to hand a landmark petition to King Charles on Monday, calling for reparations over the legacy of slavery.
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