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President of Guyana demands slavery reparations ahead of apology from plantation owner descendants
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoGuyana president Irfaan Ali on Thursday lashed out at the descendants of European slave traders,...
Book Excerpt: 'Better Venture' looks at how the current venture model connects to the slave trade
TechCrunch ExtraCrunch· 1 year agoIn an examination of important historical texts relating to the transoceanic spice and tea trades,...
Door of No Return: Yellen visits onetime slave-trading post
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoU.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen paid a solemn visit Saturday to the salmon-colored house on an...
The African Diaspora: Countries Outside Of Africa With Large Black Populations
Blavity via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe African diaspora has been defined by DePaul University as a group of descendants of West and...
Boston Apologizes For Slavery In City's Past
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAt a press conference outside the Christopher A. Iannella Chamber, Boston City Councilor Ruthzee Louijeune urges the Council to pass the resolution that...
Yellen, at former slave port, sees path of renewal for Africa and U.S
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGOREE ISLAND, Senegal (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Saturday spoke of the...
Councilor proposes Boston apologize for its role in slavery
WFXT via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe city of Boston would acknowledge and apologize for its role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade,...
Prince Harry's admission fuels debate over royals' link to slavery
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLondon — The publisher of Prince Harry's new memoir Spare says it's selling at a record-setting...
Toronto's Yonge-Dundas square is being renamed. Here's what it'll be called — and why
CBC via Yahoo News· 5 months agoToronto city council voted Thursday to rename Yonge-Dundas Square to Sankofa Square and recommended...
Church of England sheds light on ‘shameful’ slave trade ties
theGrio via AOL· 1 year agoLONDON (AP) — Three centuries ago, an enslaved person in Virginia wrote to a leader of the Church of...