From Myanmar slave camps to Russian war zones—how overseas job hunters are falling prey to armed trafficking rings and fake ...

Slavery lasted for approximately 246 years from 1619 to 1865. In addition to that, there were 12 years of Reconstruction and 91 years of Jim Crowism (legalized discrimination). It is estimated that ...

Samuel Bellamy was born to working class parents in 17th-century England, but he died the richest pirate who ever lived.

“This trip is using lessons from the Underground Railroad to teach humanity,” says Walker, who has been leading tours for Footsteps to Freedom since it was founded 28 years ago by Cheryl and Hardy ...

HUMAN eggs harvested from female slaves held captive like battery hens - it sounds like the plot for a dystopian sci-fi movie. But experts are warning that organised crime groups are now making ...

But historians know very little about the individuals aboard these slave ships. More often than not, their existence was reflected in numbers on ledgers and spreadsheets. Their birth names ...

Colonial-era notary books document transactions involving the sale and purchase of enslaved people, letters of release, and wills—not only of slave owners ... We have the ship entry books ...

Feb 9 (Reuters) - A district in Russia's Sakhalin region has been put on high alert after a Chinese cargo ship ran aground off the southwest coast of the Sakhalin Island, the governor of the ...

STORY: :: Parts of Russia's Sakhalin region are on high alert after a Chinese cargo ship runs aground offshore :: February 9, 2025 :: Sakhalin region, Russia :: Limarenko Brief :: Ministry of Digital ...

The multi-purpose fleet of single and 'tweendeck general cargo ships is surprisingly large — numbering nearly 17,000 vessels totaling about 80 million dwt — and is estimated to carry more than ...

An investigation by French outlet Disclose, in partnership with France 2’s documentary program Cash Investigation, revealed evidence of Uyghur forced labor in the supply chain of French multinational ...

We invited teenagers to write miniature memoirs about meaningful moments in their lives. Read the 20 winning stories. By The Learning Network This year’s Super Bowl was likely the biggest ...