There's Modern Slavery? What?

       Slavery is a system in which people are the property of others. Slaves can be held against their will from the time of their capture, purchase or birth, and deprived of the right to leave, to refuse to work, or to demand compensation.  In some societies it was legal for an owner to kill a slave. In others it was a crime to kill a slave.
        The number of slaves today remains as high as 12 to 27 million,  though this is probably the smallest proportion of the world's population in history. Most are debt slaves, largely in South Asia,  who are under debt bondage to lenders, sometimes even for generations. Human Trafficking is primarily for prostituting women and children into sex industries. It is the fastest growing criminal industry and is predicted to eventually outgrow drug trafficking.

        The slave trade in Africa was officially banned in the early 1880s, but forced labor continues to be practiced in West and Central Africa today. UNICEF estimates that 200,000 children from this region are sold into slavery each year. Many of these children are from Benin and Togo, and are sold into the domestic, agricultural, and sex industries of wealthier, neighboring countries such as Nigeria and Gabon.
   This is just one example of slavery today. Though we may not give it much attention, its happening. To be honest, before this blog, I had really given modern slavery a second thought. I knew that it was happening, but i didn't know it was this severe. There are kids being mutilated in Sudan so that they don't run away. Making carpets in India for little to no pay. People are being shackled together. Many AMERICANS think that slavery was abolished when the Emancipation Proclamation came around, but the scary truth is that the horrors of slavery still flourishes today.