Re:The Last Known Slave Ship Has Been Found
by PlasticTank on Friday May 24, 2019 @06:16AM
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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 the slave trade combined.
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Re:The Last Known Slave Ship Has Been Found
by ddebernardy on Friday May 24, 2019 @08:16AM
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To put numbers on that statement in case anyone else ends up wondering:
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
> 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.
Also note, that today's 21-46 million is active, while the 12.5 million was over hundreds of years.
The TransAtlantic Slave Trade was a state-sponsored enterprise on an international scale. What about that don't you understand?
Re:The Last Known Slave Ship Has Been Found
by lucian1900 on Friday May 24, 2019 @08:03AM
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And 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.
Re:The Last Known Slave Ship Has Been Found
by derp_dee_derp on Friday May 24, 2019 @09:09AM
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are 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.