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UN calls for reparations to remedy the 'historical wrongs' of trafficking enslaved Africans

NPR 1 min read 13 hours ago

The U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans "the gravest crime against humanity" and calling for reparations.
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