'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 ...
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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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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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.
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Child labor in slaughterhouses spotlighted by 3 settlements this week
All three of these announcements come just days before President elect Donald Trump takes office, but they follow a number of other child labor investigations in the meatpacking industry in the ...
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West Va. Mom Denies Locking Adopted Black Children 'Used Basically as Slaves' In Shed
Jeanne Whitefeather has denied locking two of her five adopted children in a shed -- despite authorities finding the teens in one back in October 2023.
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Labor Department puts spotlight on child labor in slaughterhouses with 3 settlements this week
All three of these announcements come just days before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, but they follow a number of other child labor investigations in the meatpacking industry in the ...
Daily Mail26d
Abusive West Virginia parents forced adopted children into back breaking manual labor, court hears
The 'abusive' white parents from West Virginia accused of locking their adopted black children in a barn also forced them into grueling manual labor, a court heard. Jeanne Whitefeather ...