has revealed that one of his ancestors owned enslaved people on a Jamaican plantation and received compensation from the British government upon the abolition of slavery. Welby discovered this ...

KOZHIKODE: The observance of the 170th anniversary of the declaration of abolition of slave trade in Kerala on October 16 will be an occasion to look back on the horrendous memories of the slavery ...

Earlier this month, the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, reiterated its call for the abolition of the death sentence. The Association believes it not only denies the right to life but also often ...

The Unite union, which is a major financial backer of Labour MPs, is launching a legal challenge to overturn the abolition of the Winter Fuel Payment. The abolition of the payment, which is worth ...

The bishops also highlighted the fact that not only did the abolition of slavery restore the dignity of individuals but also “the sanctity of family life, which had been shattered by the horrors ...

president of the American Anti-Slavery Society & founder of the Journal of Commerce. The mob changed their mind when theycame to his brother's house. Lewis was equally prominent in the Abolition ...

The group’s multimedia show “On the Eve of Abolition” centers “a future where prison abolitionists have created the conditions to end the prison industrial complex in the liberated lands ...

“Nelson was the naval commander we needed to defeat the threat of Napoleon but we can also say he was wrong for trying to resist the abolition of the trans-Atlantic slave trade,” says Lester.

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 ...

Douglass would continue to give speeches for the rest of his life and would become a leading spokesperson for the abolition of slavery and for racial equality. The son of a slave woman and an ...

He did not mention slavery or reparations - and for many Caribbean and African countries, his words didn't go far enough. This set-piece speech was the most important moment of the King's trip.