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Now if we could just get a handle on modern slavery. There's currently more people enslaved than all of the slaves extracted from Africa over the 400 years of t
by PlasticTank 7y ago
Now if we could just get a handle on modern slavery. There's currently more people enslaved than all of the slaves extracted from Africa over the 400 years of the slave trade combined.
- nzeribe 7y agoThe TransAtlantic Slave Trade was a state-sponsored enterprise on an international scale. What about that don't you understand?
- lucian1900 7y agoAnd the modern prison system is also a state-sponsored enterprise on an international scale, particularly in the US and UK. Slavery was never abolished in the US, only restricted.
- derp_dee_derp 7y agoare you trying to imply that modern day slavery is ok because its not state-sponsored? how about no. Slavery is wrong no matter who sponsors it.
- ddebernardy 7y agoTo put numbers on that statement in case anyone else ends up wondering: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_21st_century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_21st_century > Estimates of the number of slaves today range from around 21 million to 46 million, depending on the method used to form the estimate and the definition of slavery being used. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangular_trade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangular_trade > According to research provided by Emory University as well as Henry Louis Gates Jr., an estimated 12.5 million slaves were transported from Africa to colonies in North and South America.
- mbrumlow 7y agoAlso note, that today's 21-46 million is active, while the 12.5 million was over hundreds of years.
- upatricck 7y agoCan you give more information on this, links, ...?