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Slavery still exists- what is anyone in the USA asking for reparations doing about it

Author: CC72 (16793 Posts - Joined: Sep 5, 2010)
Posted at 1:38 pm on Aug 8, 2019
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And what is the UN doing about it except making lists?


As the world marks 400 years since the first recorded African slaves arrived in North America, slavery remains a modern-day scourge. Over 40 million people are estimated to be trapped in forced labor, forced marriages or other forms of sexual exploitation, according to the United Nations.

Africa has the highest prevalence of slavery, with more than seven victims for every 1,000 people, according to a 2017 report by human rights group Walk Free Foundation and the International Labour Office. The report defines slavery as “situations of exploitation that a person cannot refuse or leave because of threats, violence, coercion, deception, and/or abuse of power.”

Omovhie, 33, also found herself enslaved after leaving Nigeria in 2015 in search of work. She paid an agent 700,000 naira ($2,290) - money she had borrowed - to smuggle her on a journey across the Sahara desert to Libya, hoping eventually to go to Europe.

The intended final destination of people smuggled across Africa like this is often Europe, but few make it that far. Many are jailed or sold as indentured laborers when they get to Libya. Some are even sold on slave markets, according to aid groups - a chilling echo of the trans-Saharan slave trade of centuries past.

Once in Libya, Omovhie says she started working long hours as a cleaner for a well-off Arab family in Tripoli, often on an empty stomach.

“I worked three months and they did not pay me in that house,” she said.


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Link: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-africa-slavery-nigeria/west-african-slavery-lives-on-400-years-after-transatlantic-trade-began-idUSKCN1UX1NF

Replies to: "Slavery still exists- what is anyone in the USA asking for reparations doing about it"

  • Slavery still exists- what is anyone in the USA asking for reparations doing about it [LINK] - CC72 - 1:38pm 8/8/19 (3) [View All]
    • I suggest you do your own research. - LehighND - 1:54pm 8/8/19
      • I did my own research- I found they don’t care about slavery today - CC72 - 2:06pm 8/8/19
        • Great. Can you name them? - LehighND - 2:16pm 8/8/19
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