NYU
CONFERENCE SPOTLIGHTS PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF SLAVERY
More than 500 scholars, activists, experts and students
from around the world come together at the conference's opening
plenary to explore the history and ramifications of three-and-a-half
centuries of African bondage in the Western Hemisphere
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STILL
IN CHAINS: SLAVERY IN THE MODERN WORLD
More
than 100 years after the emancipation of black Americans, millions
of people of color remain human chattel in Mauritania, the Sudan
and other parts of Africa.
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story: New data offers insights
into the origins and distribution of Africans in the Americas
Related story: Prospect
of U.S. reparations to descendants of slaves seems unlikely
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Diaspora
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