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by fit2rule 4453 days ago
http://www.globalslaveryindex.org/report/

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.