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Liberia was founded by people enslaved in the US. Advocates say the US should not end an immigration program that helps them.

A small immigration program for Liberians in the US will expire at the end of March. Minnesota economists and health care companies say their losing immigration status will have an outsized effect.

Liberia was founded by people enslaved in the US. Advocates say the US should not end an immigration program that helps them.
Frozen fish imported from Japan are seen at a storage facility at Ladkrabang customs in Bangkok, Thailand.

Why the West should care about Thailand’s new fight against fishing slavery

Why the West should care about Thailand’s new fight against fishing slavery
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Witchcraft can be the toughest chain to break for Nigerian women looking to escape slavery

Witchcraft can be the toughest chain to break for Nigerian women looking to escape slavery
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Five things to consider if you are reading ‘My Family’s Slave’

Five things to consider if you are reading ‘My Family’s Slave’
The World

AWL examines the road out of sex trafficking, from Uganda, India, Brazil and beyond

AWL examines the road out of sex trafficking, from Uganda, India, Brazil and beyond
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This underground railroad took slaves to freedom in Mexico

President Donald Trump wants to stop illegal immigration at the southern border. More than 100 years ago, many Americans were trying to get into Mexico, illegally, to escape slavery.

This underground railroad took slaves to freedom in Mexico
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The curious origins of the ‘Irish slaves’ myth

There’s a fiction about Irish immigrants circulating on and among white supremacist sites and groups. But there are people trying to correct the historical record.

The curious origins of the ‘Irish slaves’ myth

Cakewalk

The subversive origins of a dance craze that swept the nation in the 1890s.

Cakewalk
Joe Stewart and Patricia Bayonne-Johnson, both descendants of people sold as slaves by Georgetown University, visit the school on September 1, 2016 in Washington, D.C.

Lessons from South Africa as Georgetown attempts reparations for slavery

One of the first black deans at a university in South Africa says Georgetown's decision to offer preferred admission to descendants of slaves is "beautiful" — but only the beginning of a process.

Lessons from South Africa as Georgetown attempts reparations for slavery
Ride for Liberty

In a digital archive of fugitive slave ads, a new portrait of slavery emerges

Historians have known about and written about runaway advertisements before, of course, but they’ve never all been gathered in one easily accessible place.

In a digital archive of fugitive slave ads, a new portrait of slavery emerges
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How one student used documents and DNA to find her enslaved ancestors

Like many African Americans, LaKisha David wanted to trace the roots of her family, who for years were documented only as property. Here’s how she did it.

How one student used documents and DNA to find her enslaved ancestors
The US Capitol building is shown under construction in 1860. President Abraham Lincoln directed that work continue through the Civil War.

Washington was once quite literally a 'cesspool'

The history of Washington features plenty of mudslinging, fighting and division, and that's without even going inside Congress. Here's how the capital developed from the small, dirty, disorganized town it was in the 19th century into today's capital — and how that history still shapes the city.

Washington was once quite literally a 'cesspool'
Squanto as captured slave. One of the reconstructed scenes from a new exhibit in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Native Americans get the chance to tell their side of the Pilgrim story

A new exhibition opened on Friday in Plymouth, Massachusetts, telling the story of how Europeans raided the area for slaves long before the Pilgrims arrived. The exhibit was made by a Native American crew, giving them the chance to tell their peoples' story.

Native Americans get the chance to tell their side of the Pilgrim story

What might have happened if Kennedy had lived?

The Cuban missile crisis had an epilogue that few know — the Kennedy administration was in secret talks with Cuba around a reconciliation. In current news, several women in London have been held in slavery for years, Europe contemplates its own NSA-proof cloud computing facility, and we visit Ford Nation — the Toronto mayor's fans who insist they'll vote for him again. All that and more, in today's Global Scan.

What might have happened if Kennedy had lived?

Should Caribbean nations be compensated for the legacy of slavery?

At least 14 Caribbean countries have decided the legacy of slavery continues to hold their countries back, and they're asking the colonial powers that imposed the system on them to pay reparations.

Should Caribbean nations be compensated for the legacy of slavery?