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President Barack Obama says a slave site reminds him of humanity's potential for "great evil" but also gives him a reason for hope, given the progress African-Americans have made since leaving the castle as slaves.
Reports of debt slavery reached record numbers in Brazil last year, and most of the cases were connected to the nation's booming sugarcane ethanol sector, according to a report released Wednesday by a watchdog group.
Late at night, the neighbors saw a little girl at the kitchen sink of the house next door.
A white social studies teacher attempted to enliven a seventh-grade discussion of slavery by binding the hands and feet of two black girls, prompting outrage from one girl's mother and the local chapter of the NAACP. After the mother complained to Haverstraw Middle School, the superintendent said he was having "conversations with our staff on how to deliver effective lessons."
Europe has a hidden labor market in which migrants and even children are working in "slave-like" situations, a European Union official said Tuesday.
A former slave whose memoir is among the only ones known to describe abduction from Africa is about to get a historical marker in the small Vermont town where he ended up settling.
A former teacher was sentenced Tuesday to more than seven years in prison for forcing a Haitian girl to work as a slave for years, each day of the week, in her South Florida home.
A mother and her adult daughter were convicted Tuesday of keeping a Haitian teen as a slave for six years in their South Florida home, with a jury rejecting their claims that the girl feigned abuse so she could remain in the U.S.
A young Haitian woman testified Wednesday that she considered suicide to escape years of abuse at the hands of a South Florida family accused of keeping her as their slave.
A family accused of keeping a Haitian teen as a slave and abusing her are the victims of an opportunist looking to get residency in this country, defense attorneys said Monday in opening statements.
The teen slept on a rolled-up mattress on the dining room floor and bathed in the backyard with a garden hose. For six years, she washed dishes, made beds and cooked for a family that beat her and hid her in a closet when visitors arrived. She never went to school.
A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected most claims by slave descendants that they deserve reparations from some of the nation's biggest insurers, banks and transportation companies.
Raids that uncovered more than 70 suspected sex slaves focused on 20 brothels in the East, but they illustrated a long-ignored national problem found in towns large and small, experts say.
Archaeologists excavating the 200-year-old graves of a slave family said Tuesday that they recovered several artifacts that could shed light on the life of a man dubbed "the black Paul Bunyan."
BBC News - When doing nothing is an optionLiving in a democracy can be trying, says Clive James in his weekly column. Until you think of the alternatives.
Is Iraq Racist?Historians say that most African-Iraqis arrived as slaves from East Africa as part of the Arab slave trade starting about 1,400 years ago. They worked in southern Iraq's salt marshes and sugar cane fields.
Philippine Fact-finding Team Urges Mideast Maid BanSome Philippine lawmakers are calling for a total ban on sending Filipinos to the Middle East to be domestic workers, after a fact-finding mission discovered many were treated as slaves and were sexually and physically abused.
Prisoners of a White GodPrisoners of a White God was produced by Czech anthropologist Tomas Ryska.
In first lady's roots, complex path from slavery WASHINGTON - In 1850, the elderly master of a South Carolina estate took pen in hand and painstakingly divided up his possessions.
Limbaugh: "Obamacare" will "smother the individual," "aimed at robbing you of your humanity," "all of us will be slaves""The individual, you, will be so busy... that you won't have time to think for yourself. Make no mistake about this. This is all aimed at robbing you of your humanity and forcing you to bow down to the state. "
Woman sold dad into slavery BUDAPEST - A 68-YEAR-OLD Hungarian man lived like a slave in a stable for three years after his daughter sold him to a Roma family in the south of the country, a village mayor said on Tuesday.
Why does the U.S. government torture people? U.S. government agents torture Americans far more often than they torture foreign "terrorists." If you want to know the truth about torture and why U.S. government agents can get away with committing these and other horrible crimes, see this article.
There Are More Slaves Today Than at Any Time in Human History"One hundred forty-three years after passage of the 13th Amendment to the U.S.
Descendant Of White House Slave Shares Legacy In 1814, Paul Jennings, a slave in President James Madison's White House, helped rescue George Washington's portrait from the White House before it was burned down by the British. Hugh Alexander, his great-great grandson, calls the legacy "awe-inspiring."
Are You a Good Father? Are You a Good Parent?What is a good father or mother? A good father or mother provides a variety of things that are important to their children, but mostly importantly, a good father or mother takes action to make sure that their children are protected from harm.
Child slavery in Haiti: A capacity for cruelty is never justifiedCNN's chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta describes his emotional meeting with young children working as Restaveks, or child slaves, in Haiti.
Soldier, who spent five years as slave, arrested for desertion A solider, who returned home from slavery, was arrested in Russia's Lipetsk region. The young man was listed as missing in the republic of Dagestan for five years. It turned out that the commanders of military unit No.
Travel: The Slave Castle of Ghana | Newsweek Travel | Newsweek.comSt. George, GhanaThe Elmina Castle, with its enormous white walls and red-tile roofs peering out onto the Indian Ocean, could easily be confused for some decaying Mediterranean resort. Such a pretty building—for a hellhole.
South Africa Bars Dalai Lama From Peace ConferenceSouth Africa says it has barred the Dalai Lama from a peace conference later this week, citing its relationship with China and saying now is not the time for such a high-profile visit. More Articles
Dalai Lama Harshly Condemns China Over Tibet"Today, the religion, culture, language and identity, which successive generations of Tibetans have considered more precious than their lives, are nearing extinction," said the Dalai Lama, 73, the spiritual leader of the Tibetans. More Articles
Yemeni Judge Approves Slave Sale-Gets SuspendedSAN'A, Yemen - A Yemeni official says a judge who approved a slavery contract has been suspended from work. The official says Judge Hadi Abu Asag was also ordered to attend a disciplinary hearing Tuesday.
Nazi sex slave story finally told at camp "They told us we were in the camp brothel, that we were the lucky ones. We would eat well and have enough to drink. If we behaved and fulfilled our duties nothing would happen to us."
From slave house to the White House The plantation where Michelle Obama's great-great-grandfather lived is tucked behind the tyre stores and veterinary clinics of Highway 521. But its history and grounds have been meticulously preserved, down to the dykes that controlled the flow of water into its expansive rice f …
Story of the First White House Memoirist--a Slave--To Be Told The story told below about Dolley Madison's rescue of George Washington's portrait relies on an account she provided in a letter to her sister at the time of the evacuation of the White House in advance of the British attack.
Lincoln: Horrible President?Many people recognize Lincoln as one of the greatest presidents ever. Yet he may have just been a racist that, instead of using slaves, wanted to deport them so the whites could have their jobs. So now we can only ask if Lincoln had any more moral than Bush did when they were t …
Journey of a thousand miles.... George, Ben, Harry and Daniel had no surnames just first names. They were among the slaves who built the White House two centuries ago, archives show.
Haven't noticed much of a change between today and December 31st. Oh sure, the temp is going to be higher today, 40, but was lower last night, 28. On Christmas there was snow. Now it is all a chance of rain.
Forsyth, Georgia – Inspiration Scripture Today – "This letter is from Paul, Jesus Christ's slave, chosen by God to be an apostle and sent out to preach his Good News. This Good News was promised long ago by God through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures.
Well Hush My Mouth - Old Plantation "Trail Maids" at Inaguration? NAACP says "NO"!The head of the Alabama NAACP wants Mobile's Azalea Trail Maids to stay home on Inauguration Day, claiming the group reminds him of slavery.
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