In this 2009 file photo child labourers hold each others hands after being rescued from shoe factories on World Day Against Child Labour in New Delhi. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi As climate 'tipping points' ...

The National Assembly voted 254-0 — a rare show of unanimity — to adopt a bill repealing Code Noir, or Black Code, the 1685 decree King Louis XIV signed to govern slaves across France's colonies.

Special appearances by Henry Louis Gates Jr. America's defining institution, as told through the lives of nine enslaved people. Enroll in the college course you wish you'd taken, learning from ...

New slavery -- Slavery throughout history -- Types of slavery -- Slavery around the world -- Slavery and globalization -- Controversies and problems -- How we will end slavery -- Timeline -- Notes -- ...

In becoming the first American leader to visit Angola, President Biden said it was important not to forget the ugly legacy of the human trade that originally defined relations with Africa. By Zolan ...