The fact that slavery exists today saddens me, not only
because it is the possession of another person, but because it shows humankind
has not changed or matured. The fact that slavery has ended in North America
means nothing - there are still 200 million slaves in the world, and the United
States doesn't seem to be doing anything about it.
Slavery still exists in Africa, Asia, and even as close as Latin America. In
Africa, chattel slavery means that a person can become another person's
property for life. Imagine, person can be traded, inherited, and owned, like an
animal!
During the wars in Sudan, one side captured and enslaved the other side's soldiers
and citizens. In Mauritania, there have been reports of 390, 00 chattel slaves
who are beaten, deprived of food, and given the "insect treatment," where
slaves have tiny ants placed in their ears and then a scarf is wrapped around
their head.
India the country I was born in is estimated to have 15
million children living and working in enslavement.
I understand and noticed what you are talking about and how it happens internationally. Last year I created a PSA about how slavery still exists to this day. Many people believe that their is only one way of slavery, while in fact there are many forms of it. We as Americans don't know about it as much because it doesn't happen here often, but it does in other countries. We are accustomed to know slavery as a one-time thing that happens in the mid 1800's.
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