UN adopts Ghana's slavery resolution
Mar. 30, 2026
Q: The United Nations General Assembly last week adopted a resolution proposed by Ghana to recognize the trans-Atlantic ?slavery as the "gravest crime against humanity" and calling for reparations. Where is Ghana on the Gulf of Guinea, which was the center of the slave trade?
Circle the area on this map
Q: The UN resolution, which is not legally binding, was supported by 123 nations and opposed by Argentina, Israel, and the United States. Fifty-two countries abstained. Which modern nation was the most common destination of at least 12.5 million sub-Saharan Africans taken and sold between 1519 and 1867?
A. Argentina
B. Brazil
C. Mexico
D. United States
Q: The United States (British North America) was the destination for an estimated 9.7% of enslaved Africans sent to forced labor in the Americas. Who brought the first African slaves to what later became the United States?
A. British
B. Dutch
C. Portuguese
D. Spanish
Q: Human beings have been enslaving each other at least since the invention of agriculture about 11,000 years ago. What was the last nation to officially outlaw slavery?
A. Mauritania
B. Oman
C. Saudi Arabia
D. Yemen
Q: Who captured and sold the vast majority of slaves boarding ships sailing to the New World?
A. Africans
B. Arabs
C. Europeans
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