Each week, we take a look at a word or phrase that's caught our attention, whether for its history, usage, etymology, or just because it has an interesting story. You can see past "Word Watch" entries ...

A protester in Jamaica holds a sign during a rally to demand that the United Kingdom make reparations for slavery - GILBERT BELLAMY/Reuters Caribbean nations are set to demand that Britain make ...

Renewed government focus on imported products made with forced or indentured labor warrants attention to global supply chains best practices. Federal law prohibits the importation of merchandise mined ...

Reparations for Post-Slavery Indentured Servitude: Case Made. The paper was presented in person at the international conference on Slavery, Indentured labor, and Their Impact on Present Societies.

The U.S. government on Monday announced an import ban on some items from China that it believes are produced with “state-sponsored forced labor.” U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued five ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. As a foreign national residing in Portland, Maine, on an H-1B visa, I have ...

In 1624, Jane Dickenson petitioned the governor of Virginia for relief from bondage. Four years earlier, her husband had signed a contract of indenture to pay for his immigration from England; it ...

A: Virginia becomes very heavily engaged in tobacco. Tobacco is a crop that needs a tremendous amount of laborers, far more laborers than the Virginians were able to get from Great Britain. The supply ...

OUR forefathers laid the foundation on which every opportunity we enjoy today stands. When the first indentured Indians arrived in 1860, they faced harsh working conditions, poverty and social ...

The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Indentured servants first arrived in America in the decade following the settlement of Jamestown by the Virginia Company in 1607. The idea of indentured servitude was born of a need for cheap labor.