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https://www.globalslaveryindex.org/2018/findings/country-studies/united-states/ https://www.globalslaveryindex.org/2018/findings/country-stu... "The Global Sla
by iso1631 4y ago
https://www.globalslaveryindex.org/2018/findings/country-studies/united-states/ https://www.globalslaveryindex.org/2018/findings/country-stu...
"The Global Slavery Index 2018 estimates that on any given day in 2016 there were 403,000 people living in conditions of modern slavery in the United States, a prevalence of 1.3 victims of modern slavery for every thousand in the country."
I'm not entirely sure how they got to that number though.
It's also important to remember that slavery is explicitly allowed in the US constitution, and there are certainly valid interpretations of modern slavery that would count significant numbers of those currently incarcerated as being victims of modern slavery - for example https://harvardpolitics.com/involuntary-servitude-how-prison-labor-is-modern-day-slavery/ https://harvardpolitics.com/involuntary-servitude-how-prison...
- jki275 4y agoSlavery is not allowed in the US Constitution. The 13th Amendment specifically abolishes it. https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/13th-amendment https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/13th-amendment
- hjanssen 4y agoWith a specific exception: "(...) except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted". So it does still exist - but America only considers criminals for it. From what I've gathered, though, that is still a lot of people.
- iso1631 4y agoYour link specifically allows it
- iamthirsty 4y agoSo there are 403,000 living in the conditions of slaver, with a ratio of 1.3 per 1,000. That is not > 1m as previously stated.
- shanebellone 4y agoAgain, it depends on how you define enslaved. Whether that number is 1m, 500k, or 100k... who gives a fuck. It's 2022 and hundreds of thousands of people are living through modern slavery.