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by tmerr
4447 days ago
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When you say there's more slavery now than there ever was I can't tell whether you're exaggerating or know something that I don't. As far as America goes, it seems like a stark difference between now and 150 years ago when 13% of the population consisted of slaves [0]. If you're referring to third world countries that's more understandable due to the number of young workers building products for wealthier countries. [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1860_United_States_Census |
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It is estimated that the US has 60,000 slaves today, per definition. So no, its not over yet in the US.
However, world-wide: approximately 30 million people fit the definition of enslaved humans.
One thing, though: the US Prison System is considered by some to be industrialized slavery. If this is included in the statistics, the US enslavement index goes way, way up.