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This story is so heartbreaking. I expected to see an old restored photo from the distant past, and being sold by a slaver not a parent. Sadly, this plays out t

This story is so heartbreaking. I expected to see an old restored photo from the distant past, and being sold by a slaver not a parent. Sadly, this plays out today in many countries with parents or grandparents selling children into sex slavery, with motives ranging from pure evil to (still terrible) justifcstion of sacrificing one child so that the others can be fed.

peteretep 8y ago
For some reason I thought of: https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/07/01/white-slave-propaganda-images-light-skinned-former-slaves-elicit-sympathy-northern-wealthy-donors-1860s/ https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/07/01/white-slave-propag...
- andrepd 8y ago
  I thought of this... :( http://www.marieclaire.com/politics/news/a3618/diary-escaped-sex-slave/ http://www.marieclaire.com/politics/news/a3618/diary-escaped...
mruts 8y ago
I mean, this is just adoption essentially. Would it be more or less heart-breaking if they all starved homeless on the street instead?
- tptacek 8y ago
  No, as the story says, it's not just adoption essentially.
- ReptileMan 8y ago
  It is "just adoption" if the kid is lucky. Otherwise it is horror story. Edit: Also it was not done for the good of the kids, but for the good of the parents. Which puts it into different situation.
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- ceejayoz 8y ago
  > Would it be more or less heart-breaking if they all starved homeless on the street instead? Did you read the article? > They were often chained up in a barn and forced to work long hours in the field. Milton remembers being called a “slave” by his new father figure, a label he accepted at the time because he didn’t understand what it meant. > RaeAnn left home at 17, shortly after undergoing a brutally traumatic situation. As a young teen she was kidnapped and raped, which resulted in a pregnancy. She was sent away to a home for pregnant girls, and had her baby adopted when she returned. I think plenty would take homelessness over slavery. Add in the physical and sexual abuse that's probably commonplace in "hey I went out and bought a kid" scenarios, too.

peteretep 8y ago

For some reason I thought of: https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/07/01/white-slave-propaganda-images-light-skinned-former-slaves-elicit-sympathy-northern-wealthy-donors-1860s/ https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/07/01/white-slave-propag...

andrepd 8y ago
I thought of this... :( http://www.marieclaire.com/politics/news/a3618/diary-escaped-sex-slave/ http://www.marieclaire.com/politics/news/a3618/diary-escaped...

mruts 8y ago

I mean, this is just adoption essentially. Would it be more or less heart-breaking if they all starved homeless on the street instead?

tptacek 8y ago
No, as the story says, it's not just adoption essentially.
ReptileMan 8y ago
It is "just adoption" if the kid is lucky. Otherwise it is horror story. Edit: Also it was not done for the good of the kids, but for the good of the parents. Which puts it into different situation.
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ceejayoz 8y ago
> Would it be more or less heart-breaking if they all starved homeless on the street instead? Did you read the article? > They were often chained up in a barn and forced to work long hours in the field. Milton remembers being called a “slave” by his new father figure, a label he accepted at the time because he didn’t understand what it meant. > RaeAnn left home at 17, shortly after undergoing a brutally traumatic situation. As a young teen she was kidnapped and raped, which resulted in a pregnancy. She was sent away to a home for pregnant girls, and had her baby adopted when she returned. I think plenty would take homelessness over slavery. Add in the physical and sexual abuse that's probably commonplace in "hey I went out and bought a kid" scenarios, too.