Immigrant rights groups argue that the Trump administration's slashing of aid hurts vulnerable unaccompanied children, violating federal law and increasing risks of trafficking.

When the first Trump administration separated thousands of immigrant children from their parents, there was massive public ...

Meet the heart of William Wilberforce’s abolitionist movement. William Wilberforce and the Clapham Sect founded Sierra Leone, then tolerated a form of slavery there, a new book reveals.

William Wilberforce had tried and failed to persuade Parliament to abolish the slave trade for nearly 20 years. Finally in 1807, Parliament passed the bill to abolish the transportation of ...

In 1797, William Wilberforce (Ioan Gruffudd), the great crusader for the British abolition of slavery, is taking a vacation for his health even while he is sicker at heart for his frustrated cause.

Through politicians like William Wilberforce, MP for Kingston upon Hull, there was pressure within parliament to abolish slavery. There were also campaigns, boycotts, and protests by abolitionist ...