Written by 
More than 160 Chinese workers have been saved from “slave-like conditions” in Brazil, where they had been building an electric car factory for Chinese giant BYD, officials said Tuesday. This handout picture released by Brazils Workers Public Ministry (MPT) shows an operation that rescued 163 workers from slave-like conditions” in Brazil where they had been […]
Construction at BYD’s new EV plant in Brazil was suddenly halted Monday after authorities found Chinese workers in “slavery-like” conditions. The workers were hired in China by another firm, and BYD has since cut ties. Why construction at BYD’s EV plant in Brazil is halted According to a statement from the Public Ministry of Labor […]
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — A Virginia museum has nearly finished restoring the nation’s oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children, where hundreds of mostly enslaved students learned to read through a curriculum that justified slavery. The museum, Colonial Williamsburg, also has identified more than 80 children who lined its pinewood benches in the 1760s. They include Aberdeen, […]
No 10 says Starmer won’t be offering reparations or apology over Britain’s role in slavery at Commonwealth summit As Eleni Courea reports, Keir Starmer is under pressure from Labour MPs and Caribbean governments to open the door to reparatory justice when he travels to Samoa this week. At the Downing Street lobby briefing, the prime […]
Adam Gurowski. Count Adam Gurowski: History and Political Activity in Europe Adam Gurowski was born on September 10, 1805, into a family of noble origins and a count’s title. He was the oldest of seven siblings. His sister, Cecilia, was married to Baron Frederiks, general adjutant of Tsar Nicholas I, and his brother, Ignacy, married […]
John S. Mosby. Slave Owners Rebellion? It is said that the most robust support for secession came from the areas that had the most slaveowners. Based on this information, some would argue that the cause of withdrawal was slavery. High federal support in areas with limited slaveowners, such as West Virginia, Western North Carolina, and […]