Chinese immigrants arrived seeking opportunity, yet many were coerced into brutal forms of bondage, from sexual enslavement to deadly railroad labor. Women were trafficked, sold, and hunted when they ...

Nepal is joining the global community today in observing the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, designated by ...

Colorado voters have approved an amendment to their state's constitution that completely abolishes slavery — by stripping out language that still exists in the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ...

While marking the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, new UN and rights-groups findings show modern slavery ...

Rep. Nikema Williams and Sens. Cory Booker and Jeff Merkley back legislation. Three legislators are working to abolish the so-called slavery loophole in the U.S. Constitution ahead of Juneteenth, ...

April 14 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1775, the first slavery abolition society in North America -- the Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage -- was founded by ...

Slavery may have been a footnote in the news, but in the last election, Nevada voted to end slavery as a punishment for a crime in its constitution. “What? I thought slavery was abolished a long time ...

KATHMANDU, Dec 2: The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery is being observed worldwide today.