History of American Samoa - Wikipedia
American Samoa is the result of the Second Samoan Civil War and an agreement made between Germany, the United States, and the United Kingdom in the Tripartite Convention of 1899. The international rivalries were settled by the 1899 Treaty of Berlin in which Germany and the U.S. divided the Samoan archipelago. The eastern Samoan islands became ...
Why the King can't say 'sorry' for slavery - BBC
2024年10月25日 · The "most painful aspects of our past continue to resonate", King Charles III said this week to Commonwealth leaders in Samoa, as arguments about reparations and apologies over the slave trade...
Samoa Observer | Modern slavery present in islands: report
2020年8月3日 · A report on modern slavery in the Pacific islands compiled by an international human rights organisation has provided an assessment of the illegal practice in eight countries including Samoa.The report, Murky waters: A qualitative assessment of modern slavey in the Pacific region, was published b...
Samoan chief in New Zealand sentenced to 11 years in jail for slavery …
2020年7月28日 · Joseph Matamata has been sentenced for 11 years in prison for slavery and human trafficking. On Monday, Matamata was sentenced to 11 years in jail for 10 counts of human trafficking and 13...
Blackbirding | Pacific Islands, Indigenous Peoples, Colonialism ...
Blackbirding, the 19th- and early 20th-century practice of enslaving (often by force and deception) South Pacific islanders on the cotton and sugar plantations of Queensland, Australia (as well as those of the Fiji and Samoan islands). The kidnapped islanders …
History of Samoa - Wikipedia
This in turn led to the Second Samoan Civil War (1898-1899), which was resolved by the Tripartite Convention, in which the United States, Great Britain and Germany agreed to partition the islands into German Samoa and American Samoa.
Samoan chief guilty of slavery in New Zealand - BBC
2020年3月17日 · A court in New Zealand has found a Samoan-born chief guilty of more than 20 charges of dealing in slaves and human trafficking. Joseph Auga Matamata, 65, was convicted of offences over a...
Samoan chief jailed for enslaving his own neighbours for 25 years
2020年7月27日 · A Samoan chief who trafficked some of his neighbours into New Zealand before enslaving them for decades has been sentenced to 11 years in prison. Joseph Auga Matamata, 65, was convicted of both...
Latest modern slavery fight updates - FreedomUnited.org
2020年7月30日 · Matamata used 13 fellow Samoans as slaves over a 25-year period, luring them to New Zealand with the promise of work before trapping them in unpaid labor at his compound. His respected status as a matai— or chief—allowed him both to gain his victim’s trust and, later, to intimidate them into silence over his abuses.
Caricom to forcefully speak on reparations in Samoa
2024年8月8日 · Caribbean Community leaders have pledged to take on the UK on reparations for slavery when leaders meet in Samoa in the Pacific.