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UN vote: Slave trade described as "the most serious crime against humanity"

The UN General Assembly has classified the transatlantic slave trade as the “most serious crime against humanity”; 123 states voted in favor, while the USA, Israel and Argentina voted against and Germany abstained.

NY: Press Briefing By African Union At The UN

23.03.2026 - Ambassador Francisco José Da Cruz, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Angola to the United Nations Ambassador Samuel Yao Kumah, Permanent Representative of Ghana to the U...
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Conquest of German East Africa; Pleasures of the German regime: chained native..., 1917. Creator: Unknown.

01.01.1000 - Conquest of German East Africa; Pleasures of the German regime: chained native workers', 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]. HINWEI...
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Slaves of Thomas F Drayton of Magnolia Plantation, Hilton Head, South Carolina, 1862. During the American Civil War, (1861-1865) Drayton, a Southern plantation owner, served as a Brigadier General in the Confederate Army .

01.07.2023 - Slaves of Thomas F Drayton of Magnolia Plantation, Hilton Head, South Carolina, 1862. During the American Civil War, (1861-1865) Drayton, a Southern plantation owner, served as a B...
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Carte-de-visite of a formerly enslaved man identified only as Private Gordon. Gordon is seated, wearing pants and no shirt. Facing the camera is his bare back, which is covered with heavy, raised scars from just above the shoulder blades to his lower back,

12.06.2023 - Carte-de-visite of a formerly enslaved man identified only as Private Gordon. Gordon is seated, wearing pants and no shirt. Facing the camera is his bare back, which is covered wit...
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NY: Press Briefing By African Union At The UN

23.03.2026 - Stéphane Dujarric spokes person for UN Secretary-General António Guterres speaks ahead of the press conference with Ambassdor Francisco José Da Cruz, Permanent Representative of...
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NY: Press Briefing By African Union At The UN

23.03.2026 - Ambassador Samuel Yao Kumah, Permanent Representative of Ghana to the United Nations attends a press briefing by the African Group ahead of a UN resolution on the enslavement of Af...
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Photograph taken of Russian serf peasants

01.01.1000 - Photograph taken of Russian serf peasants working in the fields. Dated 20th Century.
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WW II - North African Campaign 1941

05.05.1941 - Soldiers of the German Wehrmacht are looking for water together with locals in the desert of Tunesia on 5 May 1941, place unknown. Nazi Propaganda! on the back of the photograph: "...
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Raids for slaves by the Moors. Africa. Photogravure from the late 19th century.

01.01.2026 - Raids for slaves by the Moors. Africa. Photogravure after an illustration by R. Atkinson. "La conquista de Africa" (The conquest of Africa), by Alfredo Opisso. Volume II. Published...
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Enslaved blacks planting sugarcane in thefields, more slaves carrying bundles of sugarcane for planting, 1833, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original. / Versklavte Schwarze pflanzen Zuckerrohr auf denFeldern, weitere Sklav

12.06.2023 - Enslaved blacks planting sugarcane in thefields, more slaves carrying bundles of sugarcane for planting, 1833, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century origina...
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The Abolition of the Slave Trade or the Inhumanity of Dealers in Human Flesh …, 1792.

01.01.1000 - The Abolition of the Slave Trade or the Inhumanity of Dealers in Human Flesh exemplified in Captn. Kimber's Treatment of a young Negro Girl of 15 for her Virgin Modesty, pub. 1792...
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NY: Press Briefing By African Union At The UN
Carte-de-visite of a formerly enslaved man identified only as Private Gordon. Gordon is seated, wearing pants and no shirt. Facing the camera is his bare back, which is covered with heavy, raised scars from just above the shoulder blades to his lower back,
Photograph taken of Russian serf peasants
Conquest of German East Africa; Pleasures of the German regime: chained native..., 1917. Creator: Unknown.
NY: Press Briefing By African Union At The UN
WW II - North African Campaign 1941
Slaves of Thomas F Drayton of Magnolia Plantation, Hilton Head, South Carolina, 1862. During the American Civil War, (1861-1865) Drayton, a Southern plantation owner, served as a Brigadier General in the Confederate Army .
NY: Press Briefing By African Union At The UN
Raids for slaves by the Moors. Africa. Photogravure from the late 19th century.

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