‘Weren’t there to be raised as children’: White couple forced adopted Black children to do hard labor and live in filthy shed
A white West Virginia couple was convicted of using their adopted Black children as "slaves," forcing them to work heavy ...
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West Virginia white couple convicted of forced labor, human trafficking of adopted black kids
including forced labor, civil rights violations, human trafficking and child neglect. The couple, who are white, were accused of mistreating their children — all of whom are Black — by locking them in ...
The Independent28d
Adopted Black children to testify against white parents accused of treating them as ‘slaves’, trial told
Donald Lantz and Jeanne Whitefeather, who are both white, were arrested after two ... human trafficking, forced labor, gross child neglect and falsifying an application seeking a public defender.
Parents Who Locked Adopted Children in Barn, Forced Them to Work 'as Slaves' Convicted of Human Trafficking
The West Virginia couple, who is White, were accused of severely neglecting and mistreating their five adopted Black children ...
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Essential history: Labor and the Black experience
Literacy InterActives, Inc., a nonprofit organization based in Southside Virginia, is thrilled to announce the return of its Black History Month series for our community readers. The 2025 Black ...
The Independent27d
White mother accused of treating Black adopted kids as ‘slaves’ said they liked being kept in barn, trial told
The parents, who are white, face more than a dozen counts including forced labor ... gross child neglect. The children, all siblings ranging in age from 5 to 16, are Black. Day two of testimony ...
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'Thank goodness for them': Black History Month honors labor leaders amid Trump rollbacks
Burroughs tried to register her organization as an official union under the American Federation of Labor, now known as ... Unable to secure funding from white or Black men without compromising ...
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Parents Who Locked Adopted Children in Barn, Forced Them to Work 'as Slaves' Convicted of Human Trafficking
Indictment Accuses White Couple of Forcing Adopted Black Children to Work as 'Slaves ... use of a minor child in forced labor, and child neglect creating substantial risk of serious bodily ...
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Black History Month 2025 celebrates role of Black labor in building nation
This year's Black History Month theme celebrates the role of Black labor in building the nation through industry or community ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN6d
After Confederate Forces Captured Their Children, These Black Mothers Fought to Reunite Their Families
During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the ...