Slave Trade

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August 25, 2023
Guyana president Irfaan Ali on Thursday said those who profited from the cruel, trans-Atlantic slave trade should offer to pay…
April 7, 2023
King Charles III for the first time has signaled support for research into the British monarchy's ties to slavery.
February 2, 2023
A letter written by an enslaved person in Virginia 300 years ago seeking freedom is part of a new exhibition…
January 28, 2023
Artist Sam Kerson created the colorful murals entitled “Vermont, The Underground Railroad” and “Vermont and the Fugitive Slave” in 1993.
December 20, 2022
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte apologized Monday on behalf of his government for the Netherlands’ role in slavery and the…
July 3, 2021
“It is time to engrave the great injustice of colonial slavery into our city’s identity,” Mayor Femke Halsema said.
June 19, 2021
Officials were placing the first of two planned slavery markers in town at the Linden Place Museum, a mansion built…
June 6, 2021
The bronze likeness of Edward Colston was pulled from its pedestal and dumped in Bristol harbor a year ago.
T.I. Harris theGrio.com
August 7, 2020
Atlanta-native rapper, T.I., wrote a two-page letter to Lloyd’s of London demanding reparations to descendants of African slaves.
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June 20, 2018
On Juneteenth, the city of Charleston, SC issued an official apology for its role in the slave trade.
December 4, 2017
For centuries, the British Monarchs made untold wealth through slave trading and free labor
November 29, 2017
The socially conscious rapper adds his voice to the global outrage
September 2, 2015
Many are furious about an educational online game about the slave trade which allows users to stack slaves in a…
April 4, 2014
theGRIO SLIDESHOW - The leadership at the National Civil Rights Museum made a decision to give their exhibits a complete overhaul…
December 11, 2013
OPINION - As Caricom moves forward with its specific mission, it has to address why the general consensus is resistance…
December 10, 2013
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — A Caribbean commission is expanding the number of former colonial powers it says should provide some…