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Estimated 57,700 slaves in the United States according to Global Slavery Index [0]. Here is a related WP article[1]. [0] https://www.globalslaveryindex.org/ind
by alexbeloi 9y ago
Estimated 57,700 slaves in the United States according to Global Slavery Index [0]. Here is a related WP article[1].
[0] https://www.globalslaveryindex.org/index/ https://www.globalslaveryindex.org/index/
[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2013/10/17/this-map-shows-where-the-worlds-30-million-slaves-live-there-are-60000-in-the-u-s/?utm_term=.36fac352ec2e https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2013/10/17...
- Retric 9y agoThat number is pretending to be accurate the error bars are rediculus to have 3 digits.
- cheschire 9y agoYeah it seems too odd that the population percentage is 0.018% in so many countries.
- some_random 9y agoFrom safety1st's excellent comment: "- The article also doesn't mention that the GSI arrived at 57,700 by designating a tier of the least enslaved countries studied and estimating the number of modern slaves at 0.018% of the population. The same formula is used for Switzerland, Sweden, Germany, etc. I'm not trying to detract from the importance of the issue of modern slavery but mentioning the 57k out of context seems a bit misleading, the US is literally among the best in the world in this area and the number is so rough that it could be off by tens of thousands. And again, it has nothing to do with trafficking, let alone sex trafficking!)"