and Kevin Bales has argued that this has made modern slavery even worse than that of Atlantic Slave Trade: In the United States before the Civil War, the average slave cost the equivalent of about ...

On January 1, 1808 the first great goal of the anti-slavery effort in the United States was achieved: Congress banned international slave trade. Despite the passing of the bill the lucrative trade ...

The hatred of America and of capitalism is what animates the entire slave narrative in your kid's college. Yes, Corey glossed over that the US ended slavery ... to the United States and its ...

In 1807, Congress voted to ban the importation of slaves into the United States ... slavery activists was far from ended by the ban. Although the law imposed a legal prohibition, the international ...

Some historians think that white supremacist racism grew in the United States and Europe as a direct result of slavery. To counter the abolitionists, defenders of the slave trade justified slavery ...

The author, a double Booker finalist, has just published 'James', a bold 'remake' of 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' from the perspective of the slave ... slavery spreading in the United ...