The Latest Breaking News from Slavery

The former MP’s quest to break the public link with her ancestors is misguided. Better to accept our legacy and work for change, says author and broadcaster Alex Renton

Former Tory MP said to have raised concerns she was being singled out when there are other living relatives

The descendants of a 19th-century Scottish sugar and coffee planter who owned thousands of slaves in Guyana have apologized for the sins of their forefathers and called slavery a crime against humanity

Samrat Choudhury's book maps Northeast India's long journey from isolation to integration, highlighting unresolved issues like autonomy and independent states. Colonial records provide insight into the region's history, while Christianity's quick pick-up and slavery's prevalence are discussed. The author explains why some creative problem-solving is required to sort out festering…

Leaders of Georgia's oldest city have made history by voting to name one of Savannah's treasured downtown squares for a Black woman who taught formerly enslaved people to read and write

Guyana president Irfaan Ali has lashed out at the descendants of European slave traders and says those who profited from the cruel, trans-Atlantic slave trade should offer to pay reparations to today’s generations

In a speech to mark Unesco’s campaign for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, UN secretary-general António Guterres told the United Nations general assembly earlier this year that the inequalities created by 400 years of the transatlantic chattel trade persist to this day. “We can draw a…

The introduction of due diligence legislation is a crucial next step to tackle worker exploitation and modern slavery in supply chains, writes Christina Stringer

Exclusive: Patrick Robinson says reparation for transatlantic slavery ‘is required by history and is required by law’