The 1837 Compensation Act led to 20 million pounds, 40% of the national budget at the time, being paid to plantation owners ...

Brown later received £24,144, the equivalent of $3.7 million today, under the Slave Compensation Act of 1837, which paid off ...

Officials in New Haven, Connecticut, are considering a public apology for a decision by city leaders in 1831 to reject what ...

The freedom of speech is today threatened in the West to a degree not seen since the nineteenth-century classical liberals ...

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, deluded, slaves to various desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful ourselves and hating one another. But when the kindness and ...

Today is Thursday, Nov. 7, the 312th day of 2024. There are 54 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 7, 1916, Jeannette Rankin of Montana won election to the U.S. House of Representatives, ...

Debate on reparations for Britain's slave trade emerges at Commonwealth summit, highlighting historical injustices and ...

A remarkable, inspiring, and influential political, financial, philanthropic, and religious figure, Montefiore led a life ...

Keir Starmer has faced renewed calls for Britain to pay slavery reparations which could far exceed £200 billion as the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Chgom) in Samoa gets underway.

The 1837 Compensation Act led to 20 million pounds, 40% of the national budget at the time, being paid to plantation owners for the loss of their slaves. It took until 2015 for the Bank of England ...

The 1837 Compensation Act led to 20 million pounds, 40% of the national budget at the time, being paid to plantation owners for the loss of their slaves. It took until 2015 for the Bank of England ...