Por: The Boston Globe Nation February 07, 2023
As Boston reckons with its role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade, much of the recognition of the city’s past has been focused on historically white neighborhoods and places, from Old South Church in the Back Bay to Faneuil Hall in Government Center. But new research by a Harvard doctoral student shows that slavery infiltrated all corners of Boston, including today’s mostly Black neighborhoods such as Roxbury.A presented at the Unitarian... + full article
The Boston Globe USA Nation November 10, 2022
Voters in four states have approved ballot measures that will change their state constitutions to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for crime, while those in a fifth state rejected a flawed version on the question.The measures approved Tuesday could... + más
Tennessee slavery vote results leave internet aghast | Newsweek
Slavery rejected in some, not all, states where on ballot in 2022 election | ABC7
Newsweek USA Nation November 09, 2022
Tennessee voted to ban slavery officially as a criminal punishment in Tuesday's midterm elections, but the result left social media aghast.Voters in the ruby-red state overwhelmingly backed a proposed amendment that would amend the state's constitution to remove... + más
Even now, slavery is a worldwide scourge | The Boston Globe
ABC7 USA Politics November 09, 2022
Voters in three states approved ballot measures that will change their state constitutions to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for crime, while those in a fourth state rejected the move. The measures approved Tuesday curtail the use of prison labor in... + más
Slavery outlawed in some, but not all, states where it was on the ballot | Los Angeles Times
NBC 6 South Florida USA World November 09, 2022
Getty Images Voters approved ballot measures that will change their state constitutions to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for crime. The measures curtail the use of prison labor in Alabama, Tennessee and Vermont. In Oregon, “yes” on its anti-slavery... + más
Los Angeles Times USA World November 09, 2022
Voters in three states approved ballot measures to amend their state constitutions to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for crime, while those in a fourth state rejected the move. The measures approved Tuesday curtail the use of prison labor in Alabama,... + más
Several States Ban Slavery at Ballot Box in 2022 Election, But Not All | NBC 6 South Florida
The Boston Globe USA Business November 07, 2022
Walgreens stores in three Boston neighborhoods are set to close this week, leaving customers and community leaders worried residents will have to trek farther for prescriptions and other necessities.The three stores will shutter in quick succession: near Roxbury’s Nubian... + más
Teenage grandmaster 'likely cheated' in dozens of matches, top chess website claims | CNN
Teenage grandmaster 'likely cheated' in dozens of matches, top chess website claims | ABC7
The Boston Globe USA Opinion September 25, 2022
In 1807, the slave trade was ended in Great Britain. Twenty-six years later, the made human bondage itself illegal throughout the British Empire. In the United States, the ratification of the in 1865 inserted a ban on slavery directly into the Constitution. The League of Nations... + más
Historians trash DeSantis' understanding of U.S. history—Beyond ignorance | Newsweek
People in former colonies conflicted over Queen Elizabeth's legacy, Britain's colonial past | ABC News
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