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Sunak rebuffs Labour MP’s call for slave trade apology

Sunak rebuffs Labour MP’s call for slave trade apology

The prime minister has rejected a call to apologise for the UK’s role in the slave trade.Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy asked if Rishi Sunak would make a [...]
Tories suspend Haverfordwest councillor for alleged slave remark

Tories suspend Haverfordwest councillor for alleged slave remark

Andrew Edwards is accused of saying white men should have black slaves. www.bbc.co.uk [...]
Haverfordwest councillor's alleged slave comments investigated

Haverfordwest councillor's alleged slave comments investigated

Pembrokeshire councillor Andrew Edwards is alleged to have said white men should have black slaves. www.bbc.co.uk [...]
Kamala Harris, at Former Slave Port in Ghana, Ties Past to Present

Kamala Harris, at Former Slave Port in Ghana, Ties Past to Present

The vice president leaned into her heritage during a three-nation trip to Africa to strengthen U.S. relations on the continent. www.nytimes.com [...]
Metal Fans Snap Up Gwar’s ‘Scumdog’ and ‘Slave’ NFTs Amid Market Frenzy — CoinDesk

Metal Fans Snap Up Gwar’s ‘Scumdog’ and ‘Slave’ NFTs Amid Market Frenzy — CoinDesk

Gwar, which has been putting on its cartoonishly gory stage shows since the 1980s, seemed a bit befuddled by the whole thing, with lead singer Bers [...]
Activists Push for Removing of Statue of Freed Slave Kneeling Earlier than Lincoln

Activists Push for Removing of Statue of Freed Slave Kneeling Earlier than Lincoln

“After I take a look at that statue, I’m reminded my freedom and my liberation is simply dictated by white peoples’ phrases,” mentioned Glenn Foste [...]
Slave commerce statues debate: Butler, Afolami, Fox

Slave commerce statues debate: Butler, Afolami, Fox

Labour’s Daybreak Butler desires civic statues of figures linked to the slave commerce pulled down, however Conservative Bim Afolami and ex-Brexit [...]
Edward Colston: Bristol slave dealer statue ‘was an affront’

Edward Colston: Bristol slave dealer statue ‘was an affront’

Media playback is unsupported in your gadget Media captionProtesters in Bristol pull down a statue of slave de [...]
America’s slave mentality killed Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd

America’s slave mentality killed Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd

Ahmaud Arbery’s lynching raises the specter of slavery just like the hoisting of a insurgent flag. This crime’s imagery — the white males racin [...]
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