slavery

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Countries affected by slavery have been asking for reparations for more than a century.

From BBC

Ghana's President John Mahama, one of the African Union's most vocal supporters of slavery reparations, was at the United Nations headquarters in New York to support the vote.

From Barron's

In a famous speech on independence day, in front of Belgian dignitaries including King Baudouin, Lumumba, aged 34, castigated Belgium saying that the Congolese had been held in "humiliating slavery".

From BBC

Four people went on to be referred to the Home Office as potential victims of human trafficking and modern slavery.

From BBC

The rollout of “Emancipation,” the story of the man whose scarred back is one of the most lasting images associated with American chattel slavery, is its most serious test yet.

From Salon