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Education Government 

San Francisco OKs Plan to Strip Lincoln and Washington From School Names

January 26, 2021January 28, 2021 NICHOLAS IOVINO
history, San Francisco, schools, slavery

They were honored with grand memorials in the nation’s capital and hailed as two of the greatest American presidents but George Washington and Abraham Lincoln are no longer welcome as names of San Francisco public schools.

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Uncategorized 

Seoul Court Orders Japan to Compensate 12 Korean Sex Slaves

January 8, 2021January 8, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
damages, history, Japan, sex, slavery, South Korea, World War II

A South Korean court on Friday ordered Japan to financially compensate 12 South Korean women forced to work as sex slaves for Japanese troops during World War II, a landmark ruling that’s set to rekindle animosities between the Asian neighbors.

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International 

Caucasoid Slaves Pick Cotton on Vast Eurasian Steppe

December 16, 2020December 18, 2020 DUSTIN MANDUFFIE
China, history, slavery

The world’s clothiers have been confronted with a dirty secret: 20% of the world’s cotton — including supplies used to make their haute couture — is being picked by the Uighurs, a mostly Muslim ethnic group in China. And they’re not working in the fields willingly.

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Arts Employment Government International Politics 

Denmark’s Top Art School Head Sacked Over Royal Bust Stunt

December 14, 2020December 14, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
art, culture, Denmark, history, museums, slavery, termination

The head of Denmark’s top art school has been sacked over the drowning of a bust of a former king in a Copenhagen canal, the culture ministry said Monday.

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Arts Education 

Civil War Art

December 2, 2020December 2, 2020 BRIEF
art, slavery, Vermont

An artist whose murals at Vermont Law School depict the state’s efforts to help free slaves leading up to the Civil War is suing the school for painting over his work at the demand of students who found the murals offensive.

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National Politics 

US Lawmakers Unveil Anti-Slavery Constitutional Amendment

December 2, 2020December 2, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Constitution, felony, history, Labor, prisons, slavery

National lawmakers are expected on Wednesday to introduce a joint resolution aimed at striking language from the U.S. Constitution that enshrines a form of slavery in America’s foundational documents.

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Business Civil Rights International 

Cocoa Plantation Survivors Take On Candy Giants at High Court

December 1, 2020December 1, 2020 BRANDI BUCHMAN
Africa, human rights, liability, slavery, U.S. Supreme Court

Six Africans who say they were kidnapped as children, then beaten and starved as they toiled on cocoa plantations fought against the limits of corporate liability Tuesday at the Supreme Court.

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Criminal Entertainment 

Years of Cruelty Recounted at Sentencing of NXIVM Sex Cult Leader

October 27, 2020October 28, 2020 NINA PULLANO
cult, New York, sentencing, sex trafficking, slavery

Moments before sentencing Keith Raniere to over a century in prison Tuesday, a federal judge rebuked the former sex cult leader’s lawyer for arguing his client deserved a lesser sentence because “we’re sentencing on his perspective.”

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Criminal Entertainment 

Sex Cult Leader Keith Raniere Given 120-Year Sentence

October 27, 2020October 28, 2020 NINA PULLANO
cult, sentencing, sex, slavery

Convicted of keeping women as sex “slaves,” branding his initials above their pubic lines, NXIVM cult leader Keith Raniere was sentenced Tuesday to 120 years in federal prison.

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Criminal 

Seagram’s Heiress Gets Nearly 7 Years in Sex-Slavery Case

September 30, 2020September 30, 2020 JOSH RUSSELL
conspiracy, cult, New York, sentencing, sex trafficking, slavery

Seagram’s liquor heiress Clare Bronfman was sentenced to six years and nine months in prison on Wednesday for her role as the longtime financier of purported self-help group NXIVM, which was essentially a pyramid scheme with sex slaves.

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Government International 

UK’s National Trust Details Historic Sites’ Links to Slavery

September 22, 2020September 22, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
conservationists, history, Research, slavery, trusts, United Kingdom

Britain’s National Trust, which looks after hundreds of the country’s well-loved historic sites, has detailed how dozens of its properties have links to slavery and colonialism.

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Civil Rights Regional 

Story of the Underground Railroad to Mexico Gains Attention

September 16, 2020September 16, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
history, Mexico, race, slavery, Texas

While researching U.S. Civil War history in South Texas, Roseann Bacha-Garza came across the two unique families of the Jacksons and the Webbers living along the Rio Grande. White men headed both families. Both of their wives were Black, emancipated slaves.

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Uncategorized 

South Korean Sex Slave Campaigner Charged With Embezzlement

September 14, 2020September 14, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
embezzlement, Japan, sex, slavery, South Korea, World War II

An activist-turned-MP has been indicted for embezzling more than 100 million won donated to help elderly victims used by Japan as wartime sex slaves, South Korean officials said Monday.

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Business International 

Continental Confronts Its Nazi-Era Horrors

August 27, 2020August 27, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
automotive, history, Nazi, slavery

German car-parts maker Continental revealed Thursday that it played a key role in the Nazi war effort and used thousands of slave laborers during World War II.

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Science 

African Ancestry Data Offers Deeper Examination of History of Slavery

July 23, 2020July 24, 2020 JASON SANDEFUR
Africa, DNA, Latin America, Research, slavery

The transatlantic slave trade officially ending in the 19th century, but the effects of that brutal system continue to reverberate in the genes of enslaved people’s ancestors, according to a new study.

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Appeals Criminal 

Forced Labor

July 13, 2020July 14, 2020 BRIEF
Fifth Circuit, immigration, slavery, Texas

A couple living in Texas were properly convicted of forced labor and other charges for forcing a girl from Guinea to work in their home for 16 years from the time she was 9 years old, the Fifth Circuit ruled.

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National Politics 

Frederick Douglass Statue Vandalized in Rochester, NY

July 6, 2020July 6, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
history, monuments, race, slavery

A statue of abolitionist Frederick Douglass was ripped from its base in Rochester on the anniversary of one of his most famous speeches, delivered in that city in 1852.

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Regional 

Fort Bragg, California, Considers Severing Its Ties to Confederate General

June 22, 2020June 23, 2020 MATTHEW RENDA
California, Confederate, history, slavery

The majority of people who spoke during a city council meeting in Fort Bragg, California, Monday favored keeping the name of the town despite its connection to a blundering Confederate general.

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Civil Rights Latest Headlines 

Revelers and Protesters Gather in DC to Celebrate the Day the Last Slaves Were Freed

June 19, 2020June 22, 2020 BRANDI BUCHMAN and JACK RODGERS
holidays, protests, race, slavery, Washington DC

On Friday, in Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, D.C., just a few hundred yards from the White House — itself built by enslaved men and women — demonstrators and revelers alike gathered by the hundreds.

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Civil Rights Latest Headlines 

NYC Celebrates Juneteenth Amid Weeks of Racial Justice Protests

June 19, 2020June 22, 2020 JOSH RUSSELL
Brooklyn, history, holidays, New York, NYC, race, slavery

While daily demonstrations and protests continue across New York City into the fourth week after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, thousands of Brooklynites supporting the Black Lives Matter movement peacefully took to the streets on Friday to celebrate the Juneteenth.

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