The Guardian

‘These connections are overlooked’: how British companies profited from slavery in Brazil long after abolition

Britons learn about the country’s involvement ‘almost as a self-congratulatory narrative’, says historian Joseph Mulhern In 1845 British citizens and companies were already legally prohibited from ...
The Guardian

‘She didn’t want me to hug her’: carer of enslaved woman describes her recovery

Foster carer dismayed at time it took to help woman, who is having therapy, attending college and growing her hair When she finally arrived in a safe place after suffering a quarter of a century of ...
Sky

Mother who held woman captive as a slave for 25 years jailed

A mother who held a woman captive as a slave inside her "squalid" home for 25 years has been sentenced to 13 years. Amanda Wixon, 56, forced the woman - now in her 40s - to shave her hair, regularly ...
The Independent

Woman who kept teenage girl as ‘house slave’ for 25 years and beat her with a broom handle jailed

Woman convicted of modern slavery arrives at court to be sentenced A woman who forced a teenage girl to work as a “house slave” and live in squalor while subjected to 25 years of abuse has been jailed ...
PBS

AP report: Slave ship artifact will soon leave the Smithsonian to return to its South African home

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Smithsonian museum exhibit about the maritime journey that millions of Africans were forced to take across the Atlantic to slavery in the Americas will change later this month, ...
The Independent

Woman lives in constant fear after being kept as slave by UK abuser dubbed ‘The Witch’

A young woman kept as a slave for 25 years is still terrified of her abuser and calls her ‘The Witch’, her foster carer has revealed. Amanda Wixon, 56, was jailed on Thursday for 13 years after being ...
Metro

I only knew how long I’d been kept as a slave by how many Christmases passed

‘For 25 years, I lived in fear, control and abuse. I was treated as though my life, my freedom and my voice did not matter.’ Those are the words of a woman who, from 1995 until 2021, was kept as a ...
BBC

Woman who kept vulnerable victim as slave sentenced to 13 years

Mandy Wixon has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for keeping a vulnerable woman captive in her home for 25 years Handing down his sentence, the judge tells Wixon she "cruelly and persistently held ...
BBC

Woman who kept vulnerable victim as slave sentenced to 13 years

The victim's foster mother says K still has scars around her mouth from the ordeal. The victim's foster mother says Wixon "took advantage" of K's learning disability, forcing her to work around the ...
BBC

Mother is jailed for enslaving woman for 25 years

A mother-of-10 who kept a vulnerable woman captive as a slave for 25 years has been jailed for 13 years. Mandy Wixon, 56, was found guilty of false imprisonment and forcing the woman to clean her ...
The New York Times

Historic Slavery Photos Get ‘Final Resting Place’ After Long Fight With Harvard

The images of a father known as Renty and his daughter Delia were honored today in a ceremony by their new steward, a museum in South Carolina. By Clyde McGrady Reporting from Charleston, S.C. What ...