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Re:An Archive of Fugitive Slave Ads Sheds New Light on Lost ... by duncan_bayne on Saturday May 28, 2016 @11:09PM (#11794594)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotherham_child_sexual_exploit...
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Re:An Archive of Fugitive Slave Ads Sheds New Light on Lost ... by peteretep on Saturday May 28, 2016 @11:46PM (#11794661)
Conflating child abuse and the subsequent government cock-up in to investigating it, with an institutionalised implementation of slavery with the full weight of the judiciary behind it, requires quite some imagination.
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Re:An Archive of Fugitive Slave Ads Sheds New Light on Lost ... by duncan_bayne on Sunday May 29, 2016 @12:35AM (#11794806)
Sure; I'm not agreeing with his position, just supplying the background.
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