Slavery around the World

Thirty million people are trappedĀ  in modern slavery, far more than the combined number of slaves who lived and died in the trans-Atlantic slave trade of the 18th and 19th centuries. The Washington Post has written an insightful article onĀ  the subject, complete with a map showing the global distribution of the slave population.

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Slavery in the United States

There are 60,000 slaves in the US. Read more by clicking the link below.

Wash Post: Map Shows Where The World’s 30 Million Slaves Live

 

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