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As many as 27 million slaves in the world today

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[h=1]Hillary Clinton: up to 27 million living in slavery[/h]
[h=2]Up to 27 million people are living in slavery around the world, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton estimated on Tuesday as the US unveiled its annual report into human trafficking.
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Slavery, of course, is nothing new. The US is celebrating the 150th. anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, which is why the issue is being brought up now.
 
Well, I'd like to say a couple of things related to the US.

1) The Emancipation Proclamation did not free all slaves, rather it freed those slaves who were held in rebel territory. The actual text said

"That on the 1st day of January, A.D. 1863, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom.
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(The Emancipation Proclamation)


2) After the Civil War ended, slavery itself did not end, but rather changed. The 13th amendment reads “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”

(Slavery By A Different Name: The Convict Lease System)

Thus if one is a prisoner in the US, slavery is still quite legal.
 
That's about the number of porn videos featuring slaves
 
Mr. Invisible said:
Well, I'd like to say a couple of things related to the US.

1) The Emancipation Proclamation did not free all slaves, rather it freed those slaves who were held in rebel territory. The actual text said



(The Emancipation Proclamation)


2) After the Civil War ended, slavery itself did not end, but rather changed. The 13th amendment reads “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”

(Slavery By A Different Name: The Convict Lease System)

Thus if one is a prisoner in the US, slavery is still quite legal.
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Good.
Working convicted felons as slaves could be a good idea.
 
I wonder how many are in the US.
 
mpg said:
I wonder how many are in the US.
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More than you suspect. Human trafficking and sexual slavery is an issue I feel really strongly about. I can't imagine the unbelievable inhumanity of people just suddenly becoming property with no say in the matter. It's one of the absolute worst things that happen in the world today. Many, many women and laborers are trafficked into the US to be exploited in the worst possible ways. You cannot possible imagine the physical abuse and the psychological damage of forced slavery.
 
Mr. Invisible said:
1) The Emancipation Proclamation did not free all slaves, rather it freed those slaves who were held in rebel territory. The actual text said
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Actually, the Emancipation Proclamation did no such thing, and was essentially a propaganda/morale/realpolitik move on Lincoln's part. In reality this was granted prior to the Emancipation Proclamation by congress under the Confiscation Acts, which Lincoln humorously opposed on political-military grounds.
 
I would have thought more.
 
hazlnut said:
What do we call people with huge student loans and credit card debt?
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Oh, good Lord. Here's comes the me-me-me-me liberals and their trumped-up issues.

No, dude. Irresponsible use of credit is not akin to being held in captivity and used as a sex slave. Now go fill your latte.
 
hazlnut said:
What do we call people with huge student loans and credit card debt?
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Hazlnut, slavery is a serious issue and lets treat it with some respect please.
 
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