31 minutes ago by notforsaletn

On October 22, 2009, a defendant was convicted in the District of New Jersey on all twenty-two counts, following a four-week trial, for holding young West African victims, including minor girls as young as ten years old, in forced labor in hair-braiding salons in Newark and East Orange, New Jersey. ...

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15 hours ago by admin

I’m in Ghana for a week — starting from Cape Coast, toward the western end of Ghana’s Atlantic shore. Cape Coast is a university town and a major fishing center in West Africa. It’s the spot where First Lady Michelle Obama locates her ancestors. It is the site of the Castle that President Obama and ...

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17 hours ago by notforsaletn

On January 13, 2010, in United States v. Sou, two defendants entered guilty pleas in the district of Hawaii to charges of forced labor conspiracy, arising from their conspiracy to compel 44 Thai agricultural workers into service at the defendants’ family farm, using a scheme of debts, restraint, and ...

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19 hours ago by Craig Considine

Passages from the speech given by Frederick Douglass on the 4th of July in 1852: Fellow citizens: Pardon me, and allow me to ask, why am I called upon to speak here today? What have I or those I represent to do with your national independence? Are the great principles of political freedom and of nat ...

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1 day ago by eriewire

Over 50 years ago, the world acknowledged the rights of an individual when the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in December of 1948. Article Four states: No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms. ...

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3 days ago by notforsaletn

On February 2, 2010, a jury in Fort Worth, Texas convicted two defendants of forced labor, document servitude, conspiracy, and other offenses for holding a Nigerian victim in domestic service for over eight years. The defendants lured the victim, an impoverished, widowed mother of six, on false prom ...

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5 days ago by Bart Shaw

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7 days ago by Anne

John P. Parker, abolitionist, inventor Feb. 2, 1827-Jan. 30, 1900 Freedom River by Doreen Rappaport, illustrated by Bryan Collier (Jump At the Sun, 2000) This Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book recounts the story of ex-slave John P. Parker, and his efforts to assist others in gaining freedom ...

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10 days ago by vegetarian

It's global. World Day for the Abolition of Meat Organize your event in your city and post info on the Facebook wall (below) http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=254021199199&ref=mfThe next World Day for the Abolition of Meat will be held on 30th January 2010 (Saturday). This day is intended as a m ...

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