Chief executive of education charity DEA, Hetan Shah, said learning about slavery and associated issues such as trade and decolonisation was crucial so that young people could fully understand the shape of today's world.

BBC: All pupils to learn about slavery

It only serves about 30 people, but it's the beginning of efforts to deal with slavery's social impact -- by giving slaves job skills, an education, the tools to create a viable life if and when they escape from their masters.

CNN: Slave master becomes an abolitionist

Now, what I believe, that our secondary education needs to do a better job of teaching our children about the history of slavery, about Jim Crow, and about all of those problematic areas in this country.

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