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A British family wants to make amends for its slave ownership past
Quartz via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoBritish slave-owning families received compensation when slavery was abolished in parts of the...
My great-great-grandfather owned slaves in Kentucky. Here's what I'm doing about it.
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt felt like a kick in the stomach. Exploring an ancestry website, I discovered an 1860 Slave...
Confederate Festival in Brazilian town where US exiles from the South founded a slave-owning colony...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPeople stand in traditional outfits between dances at the annual Festa Confederada, or Confederate...
Is 'Doctor Strange' Actor Benedict Cumberbatch's Family Facing Lawsuit Over Slave-Owning Past In...
Blavity via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe family of actor Benedict Cumberbatch could face a lawsuit over their historical links to the...
UC cuts ties with slave-owning founder Charles McMicken with unanimous board vote
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe University of Cincinnati board of trustees unanimously voted to rename all campus spaces...
Benedict Cumberbatch's family could face legal pressure to pay reparations over historical links to...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBenedict Cumberbatch attends the EE British Academy Film Awards 2022.Samir Hussein/WireImage via...
Sunny Hostin's Mother Cried to Learn About Family's Slave-Owning Past: 'She Was Deeply Disappointed'
People via Yahoo News· 3 months ago'The View' co-host learned her ancestor's likely status as "enslavers" on Tuesday's 'Finding Your...
McMicken no more? UC president Pinto recommends removal of slave-owning founder's name
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 2 years agoUniversity of Cincinnati President Neville Pinto will recommend the university strip its founder...
Trump is the only living president whose family didn’t own slaves, report says
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 10 months agoDonald Trump is the only president alive, past or present, whose family can’t be linked to slave...
Petition to rename Andrew Jackson Middle School underway due to trail of tears, slavery
Florida Today via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNoting Andrew Jackson’s slave-owning past and his role in the Trail of Tears, a group of community...