A look at slavery through the eyes of a young woman named Harriet, who was sold at auction in 1861 to pay for her white owner's debt.
I will argue that, as an artist, I speak every language." Two pieces of his master’s thesis depicted the transatlantic journey from the slave ship to the cotton field to the boardroom. Initially ...
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We were slaves for two hundred and fifty years ... and it will kill all the weeds in the cotton field. That means that nobody will be chopping cotton this spring. Then, this fall, you’re ...
Claudia, Esmeralda, Laura, Ángeles, María, Elizabeth and Juliana had already been found in a cotton field. All raped ... and sexual and domestic slavery for the women. The constant violations of the ...
Around 100 women were kept as slaves on a human egg farm in Georgia where they were fed hormones and treated like cattle. Their horrifying ordeal has been revealed by three Thai women who were ...
Indictment Accuses White Couple of Forcing Adopted Black Children to Work as 'Slaves,' Says Judge Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up for PEOPLE 's free True Crime newsletter ...
Mario Tama / Getty Images Slavery reparations are restitution payments for slavery remitted to the descendants of enslaved people. In theory, American slavery reparations would be paid by entities ...
A recent investigation reveals that child exploitation and forced labor are being used to pick cotton on dozens of farms in ...
The contraband cotton slaves of South Carolina have, to some extent, been employed in the necessary work, and with good results. There are, according to the estimates made by one of our ...
Two vulnerable girls were treated as ‘sex slaves’ by a group of Asian men in Rochdale, a trial has heard. Eight men deny sexual offences allegedly committed against the two girls, who were ...