Nov 15, 2017 — Smugglers in Libya are auctioning migrants off as slaves. At a property outside Tripoli, CNN witnessed a dozen men go under the hammer in ...

The exploitation of human beings can be highly lucrative for organized criminal groups. Although figures vary, an esti- mate from the International Labour ...Read more

On March 13 and 14, 1855, the firm of JA Beard & May placed on the auction block 178 enslaved men, women, and children at the Banks Arcade in New Orleans, ...Read more

Black Slaves for Sale focuses on the moral dilemma aid organizations are faced with in Southern Sudan. For more then 17 years Africa's largest country is ...

Learn more about the Libyan modern day slave auctions by watching CNN's short documentary, “Libya's Slaves: I Was Sold.”Read more

This broadside announced a sale of enslaved African Americans that took place at the Eagle Tavern in Richmond, Virginia. Historical Background. This ...Read more

Jun 3, 2008 — Most people imagine that slavery died in the 19th century. Since 1810, more than a dozen international conventions banning the slave trade ...

The most compelling evidence of the presence of enslaved people in eighteenth-century Britain are the newspaper notices advertising men, women and children for ...Read more

A slaveholder in the New Brunswick area seeks to sell a black man, aged 30, who is a slave for life, and the man's son, who is 7 or 8 years old.Read more

Dec 1, 2023 — However, the history of trafficking in South Africa goes back even further. This contribution outlines the history of human enslavement in South ...Read more

Almost 50 million people around the world are sold there and more than a quarter of them are below 18 years old they are being used every day.

The programme goes on the trail of the human traffickers who treat their victims like slaves and force them into a life of misery working. Show more.Read more

Slave dealers bartered in enslaved African Americans at auctions that took place in hotels, saloons, and public spaces throughout the South.

Nima Elbagir's footage of African migrants being auctioned ignited condemnation around the world. Now, The CNN Freedom Project explores the full story.

Albeit human trafficking and migrant smuggling are interconnected, they are not the same. In Layman's terms, recruitment, transportation, receipt, or harboring ...Read more

Mar 1, 2024 — As popular opinion began to turn against the slave trade, sellers preferred to keep their names out of print. Newspaper ad for enslaved women ...Read more

Jun 16, 2023 — A Charleston resident and graduate student of history made a stunning discovery: an ad for a slave auction larger than any historian had yet ...

Mar 20, 2025 — 246). Massachusetts and Rhode Island were the principal slave trading colonies in New England, and Boston was one of the primary ports of ...Read more

Oct 14, 2015 — The Salvation Army surprised shoppers on Oxford Street with a dramatic representation of a market stall selling 'people' as commodities - based on real life ...Re