Slavery News Warning

• Sri Lankans in people trafficking network - Colombo Gazette
  Colombo Gazette - Sri Lankans in people trafficking network - Colombo Gazette - The National Investigations Department (DNI) in the Dominican Republic arrested members of a people trafficking network with possible links to international terrorist cells, who used Dominican Republic as a bridge from Cuba, France, Spain, Sri Lanka ... -
  
  
• Slavery, escape, and the Underground Railroad - Stowe Today
  Slavery, escape, and the Underground Railroad - Stowe Today - Vermont abolitionist Oliver Johnson met Simon in January 1837 as Johnson canvassed Pennsylvania for the American Anti-Slavery Society. He offered to help Simon travel the Underground Railroad to Vermont, to a job with the abolitionist Robinson family ... -
  
  
• Illinois Senate OKs Help for Human Trafficking Victims - Patch.com
  Illinois Senate OKs Help for Human Trafficking Victims - Patch.com - “Human trafficking victims are subjected to horrific physical and psychological abuse,” said Madigan, whose office helped craft the bill. “Providing assistance that allows them to eliminate the physical reminders of their enslavement is vital to ... - Lawmakers Permit Funding for Human Trafficking Victims to Remove Branding ...eNews Park Forest - all 2 news articles »
  
  
• Kari Jobe 'Hope' Bracelet, Now Available Online: Proceeds Go Toward Ending ... - Mstarz
  Kari Jobe 'Hope' Bracelet, Now Available Online: Proceeds Go Toward Ending ... - Mstarz - Jobe has ministered in churches, arenas, theaters, festivals and conferences across the globe and has also decided to share God's love by partnering with the A21 Campaign, an organization dedicated to abolishing modern-day human trafficking. She said ... -
  
  
• Italian arrested in Thailand over US$10m human trafficking ring fraud - South China Morning Post
  The Sun Daily - Italian arrested in Thailand over US$10m human trafficking ring fraud - South China Morning Post - Thai authorities have arrested an Italian wanted over alleged links to a human trafficking ring which swindled around US$10 million from European taxpayers and banks, immigration officials said on Thursday. Stefano Raccagni, 38, is wanted in Italy on ... - Thai Police Arrest Italian Suspected of Human TraffickingNew Tang Dynasty Television - Italian arrested in Thailand over fraud allegationsRadio Australia - European fugitives arrested in ThailandBangkok Post - all 6 news articles »
  
  
• Illuminating history of slavery in Oregon a teachable moment - The Seattle Times
  Illuminating history of slavery in Oregon a teachable moment - The Seattle Times - Nokes had just gotten a grade-school lesson on slavery and the Civil War that consisted of a few simple ideas, among them North good, South bad, so he acted on that in his all-white Portland neighborhood. He was an Oregonian and therefore unstained. -
  
  
• EW Jackson, Virginia GOP Candidate, Called Three-Fifths Clause 'Anti-Slavery ... - Huffington Post
  New York Daily News - EW Jackson, Virginia GOP Candidate, Called Three-Fifths Clause 'Anti-Slavery ... - Huffington Post - Bishop E.W. Jackson, the controversial Republican nominee for lieutenant governor in Virginia, once reportedly claimed that the so-called "three-fifths clause" was actually an anti-slavery amendment -- an opinion disputed by several American historians. - GOP Candidate: Three-Fifths Clause Was 'Anti-Slavery'The Root - E.W. Jackson Responds to Criticism of 'Hateful Rhetoric'Patch.com - Identity, minority officials blast Jackson's rhetoricThe Virginian-Pilot - WJLA -MSNBC -Wonkette (satire) - all 231 news articles »
  
  
• Rick Perry says Sam Houston opposed slavery and said Texas shouldn't secede ... - PolitiFact
  Rick Perry says Sam Houston opposed slavery and said Texas shouldn't secede ... - PolitiFact - As a senator, according to the Texas State Historical Association's Handbook of Texas, Houston angered pro-slavery factions by voting in 1848 to prohibit slavery in Oregon; supporting the delicately balanced slavery/anti-slavery decisions in the ... - and more »
  
  
• Catholic church says legal aid cuts will harm human trafficking victims - The Guardian
  The Guardian - Catholic church says legal aid cuts will harm human trafficking victims - The Guardian - O'Brien added: "These proposals are deeply concerning and if they go ahead in their current form we have real concerns that vulnerable individuals, including overseas residents trapped in relationships with violent partners and victims of human ... - and more »
  
  
• Other militaries guilty of wartime sex slavery, says Japanese politician - ABC Online
  Other militaries guilty of wartime sex slavery, says Japanese politician - ABC Online - A high-profile Japanese politician who defended his country's use of sex slaves during World War II says soldiers from Britain, the United States and France are also guilty of abusing women. Last week Osaka mayor Toru Hashimoto said that women forcibly ... - and more »