Originally posted by the Voice of America. Voice of America content is produced by the Voice of America, a United States federal government-sponsored entity, and is in the public domain. Group Lobbies to Have Slavery Recognized as Crime Against Humanity Lisa Bryant | Paris 13 May 2010 Nearly two centuries after the slave trade ended in much of Europe, a group of campaigners and historians is lobbying European and African governments to recognize the practice as a crime against humanity. In 2001, France became the first and only European country to pass a