Tom Flanagan: Apologizing for slavery would be a distortion of history Canada was a world leader in the abolition of slavery. So why does an NDP MP want the government to issue an apology?

Following advocacy by an expert group, modern slavery may well be back on the Parliamentary agenda in 2025. While the implementation of a modern slavery regime was previously deprioritised by the ...

Harvard Outsourced Its Slavery Research. Then a Former Employee Began Notifying Descendants — Without Its Knowledge. By Sophie Gao and Alexandra M. Kluzak, Crimson Staff WritersApril 25, 2025 ...

The effects of U.S. slavery didn’t simply end with the Civil War, and Tatum says it’s important for children to understand how the lasting impact of slavery shows up today.

In the United States, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) is meant to fight modern slavery and specifically notes that “modern prohibitions of human trafficking in the United States ...

The octoroon; or, life in Louisiana : a play, in five acts by Boucicault, Dion, 1820-1890 Publication date 1861 Topics Slavery Publisher [New York] : Printed, Not Published Collection ...

Slavery has existed throughout history in all places and cultures. In fact, while the American South dubbed it the “peculiar institution,” historically, voluntary-free labor is the true peculiar ...

The International Criminal Court issued a new policy on Slavery Crimes on Monday, the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery. ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan stated the policy is the first “of its ...

In 2022, slavery was on the ballot in five states, according to AP New s. Talk show host and author Tavis Smiley expressed growing fears of slavery right before the 2016 election.

Given America’s history with slavery and eventual emancipation, especially the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment, the average person might be left with the impression that slavery ...

And even now, the Global Slavery Index estimates that there are still 700,000 slaves in Saudi Arabia. "Where there were no westerners," Reilly notes, "you'd have a lot of slavery for a long time." ...

Slavery was actually a more gender-egalitarian institution than other forms of property or wealth accumulation, so it’s not surprising that white women would have a vested interest in it.