slavery
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Augustus Mensah - who was interviewed for the BBC's Slavery At Sea documentary in 2024 - told court that his ordeal ended when he suffered a head injury and was taken to shore for treatment.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
"Slavery legacies still endure today in the shape of racism and inequality. Recognising the past is crucial if we want fairer and more democratic societies."
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
Slavery also grew in the Islamic world of North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula, we learn, and in sub-Saharan Africa during the first millennium.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026
Slavery shaped the Americas for four centuries, blighting the entire hemisphere.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2026
Slavery was not an abstraction, an economic force, a counter in the game of world politics—it was the suffering of men and women.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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