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As you celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, don’t forget that St. Patrick was once a slave. He was born into a wealthy family in Britain around the year 390, but his life changed when he was not yet...

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First a slave, now a U.S. citizen, Shyima Hall says, “I can’t imagine anything greater than having my own life.”

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In the history of New World slavery, Canada has a better record than most countries. True, slaves were bought, sold, and owned in both French and English Canada from the moment Europeans arrived, but the number of these was comparatively …

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Who would give weapons to slaves? People in many lands, including the United States.

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Every year women leave their husbands and children to earn money as maids, nannies, and cooks in wealthy homes abroad — in Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, and other countries.

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Challenging Heights, Challenging Slavery

Ghana is renowned for rich natural resources and for Lake Volta, the largest artificial lake in the world. It’s there that thousands of children, many as young as six years old, are forced to work on fishing boats for as …

 

Ten Years after the Cocoa Protocol, Children Still Abused

Chocolate cake, chocolate pudding, chocolate ice cream — most of us can’t resist those mouth-watering brown treats.

 

Honor for a Former Slave

A celebration of Venture Smith, one of the first black men to document his capture, enslavement, and successful fight for freedom, will occur in East Haddam, Connecticut, on September 17, at the First Church Cemetery, First Church of Christ.

 

Starting Young to End Slavery

You’re never too young to join the fight to end slavery. Students at Toronto French School learned that lesson during the school’s Awareness Month.

 

Join the Celebration

If you want to buy goods made by people paid fairly and treated well, join the celebration on May 14, 2011, World Fair Trade Day.

 

Laogai Museum Hosts Launch

More than 70 people visited the Laogai Museum for the U.S. launch of Five Thousand Years of Slavery on April 28.