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by Anechoic 787 days ago
Important to remember just how close we really are to slavery. It's not ancient history by any means.

Absolutely. My grandmother's grandmother was a slave. It's still hard for me to wrap my hand around the fact that I knew and talked to someone that new a slave.

(yes, I know modern-day slavery exists, I'm speaking in context of US chattel slavery)