For more than 200 years, the São José Paquete d’Africa lay hidden off Cape Town’s shore. Its excavation in 2014 uncovered a ...

Shutterstock The Old Slave Mart in Charleston, South Carolina Charleston became a major center for buying and selling ...

Barbados Cotton: The Government’s Labor Call Amid Slavery’s Lingering Threads As the cotton harvest approaches, its success hinges on Bajans’ willingness to unify their economic potential ...

Authorities across the United States are investigating after racist text messages – some with references to “slave catchers” and “picking cotton” reminiscent of the country’s painful ...

‘Slave' texts telling people to ‘pick cotton' sent to DC, Virginia and Maryland residents One text included an address for people to meet at so that they can get into vans and be taken as a ...

Regulatory crackdown on slavery in cotton supply chains a wake-up call for fashion brands By Catherine Early August 20, 20231:28 AM PDTUpdated August 20, 2023 ...

In a multimedia series, The Guardian becomes the latest British institution to confront — and apologize for — its role in the slave trade.

The transatlantic slave trade was outlawed in 1808 and slavery was in decline before Eli Whitney invented the labor-saving gin to separate white cotton fibers from seeds. The demand for unpaid ...

The transatlantic slave trade was outlawed in 1808 and slavery was in decline before Eli Whitney invented the labor-saving gin to separate white cotton fibers from seeds.