A number of “maroons” (enslaved people who had escaped slavery and lived in the woods ... who had been a plantation overseer.

In the wake of abolition, from the Caribbean to southern Africa to Southeast Asia, a fusion of government authority and private industry replaced the iron chains of slavery with equally powerful ...

But such overseers shall be subject to the control of the officer in charge, and may be dismissed for any misconduct by him. 7. The sum of twenty dollars per month for each slave delivered in ...

While the problem can often seem insurmountable, Kristine says that the communities do become liberated when advocacy groups put attention and pressure on the slave holders.

I am glad that this day is being commemorated at the United Nations, but it should be actively observed in the whole world, as slave trade and plantation slavery were of prime importance in the ...

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 ...

Two smaller scenes flank Lincoln's portrait. In one a mounted overseer flogs a black field slave (left), in the other a foreman politely greets Negro cotton-field workers. (Photo by: Universal ...

Two slaves who ran away and were captured give ... we were tied firmly to posts by a Mr. Gwin, our overseer, who was ordered by Gen. Lee to strip us to the waist and give us fifty lashes each ...

At least seven states have taken slavery exceptions out of their constitutions. In California and Nevada, so-called slavery "loopholes" are on this year's ballot. Much like the 13th Amendment in ...

of slaves picking cotton under the watchful eye of a white overseer as the source for this wrenching silent work. Through digital manipulation, Jacobs creates a haunting illusion of depth and ...

Washington badgered Whitting to keep another slave named Gunner hard at work ... Washington would fire off angry letters to his overseers insisting on greater crop productivity.

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.