Horrors of slavery: His job was to impregnate slave women, then impregnated his owner’s wife and daughter

Horrors of slavery: His job was to impregnate slave women, then impregnated his owner’s wife and daughter

When Sheriff Thomas McKinley drew his pistol, Margaret Harlow, the plantation owner’s wife, stepped forward, her belly opened, her child lying dead at her feet, and she raised her bloodied hands in front of Tobias.

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Before slave trade was abolished in USA, slaves on plantation farms in Texas would receive 150 lashes for offence of dancing without a permit

Before slave trade was abolished in USA, slaves on plantation farms in Texas would receive 150 lashes for offence of dancing without a permit

Hall kept a white overseer and a Black driver beneath him. The driver was an enslaved man given authority to push other enslaved people harder, a position that sat at one of the cruellest intersections slavery could produce.

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US President Trump imposes 100 per cent ad valorem tariff on certain pharmaceutical imports

US President Trump imposes 100 per cent ad valorem tariff on certain pharmaceutical imports

The tariffs imposed will be effective on or after 12:01am eastern daylight time on July 31, 2026.

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UN reopens office in Khartoum after Sudanese army pushed out paramilitary Rapid Support Force of capital

UN reopens office in Khartoum after Sudanese army pushed out paramilitary Rapid Support Force of capital

For his part, Associate Administrator of the UNDP Xu Haoliang said the return of UN agencies to Khartoum represents important support for Sudan in the current phase.

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