For several centuries, the United States was a slaveholding nation, until a civil war officially brought an end to the practice. Here’s a look back at this dark chapter in the country’s history.

With the first 20 Africans brought to Virginia in 1619, the United States initiated a labor system characterized by extreme ...

A review of history indicates a strong case—but mixed public support Shomari Wills is an Emmy Award winner and author of Black Fortunes, which chronicles the lives of America's untold Black ...

In a late-night Executive Order on Friday, Trump accused South Africa’s government of “egregious actions” without providing ...

However, in terms of prevalence, forced labour is most common in the Arab States (5.3 per thousand ... barriers that underpin modern slavery, the United Nations University Centre for Policy ...

Temu and Shein should be restricted from the U.S. market. Their supplies chains are highly likely to be engaged in slave ...

The last time a newly sworn president used his inaugural address to announce that he would aggressively seek to increase ...

That All Men Are Created Equal” features bills of sale, reward posters and more to explain slavery’s role in the Civil War, ...

So slavery is to be abolished, but it is a fundamental principle of God’s relationship with us that he does not force us to change faster than is possible of our own freewill.

Californians rejected the anti-slavery ballot measure Proposition 6, which would have forbid forced prison labor. Reparations advocates want to try again in 2026.

There is a disconnect between what President Donald Trump is saying to honor Black History Month and what much of his ...