slave

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From then on, the plantation system drove the expansion of slavery and the international slave trade, and eventually survived the demise of both.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The proposal urges UN member states to consider apologising for the slave trade and contributing to a reparations fund.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

And then if you only want to restrict it to federal immigration law, the Congress passed a law in 1808 banning the international slave trade and still ships are smuggling enslaved people in.

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2026

City hall, the slave market, and town pillory were all there, and the wharf on the East River “made it a rendezvous for pirates,” writes Sobol.

From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026

Only Mr. Lincoln was talking about slavery splitting the whole country in two—“I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.”

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan