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Slavery today – a result of the disparity in in national and personal incomes

December 19, 2010 By AmberPaw

National Geographic article about slavery today uses the figure 27 million, that is 27,000,000! There is, in fact, a current worldwide abolitionist movement More about slavery today And it really is all economic because human life has … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: abolitionism, frederick-douglas-award, indentured-servants, sex-slaves, siddarth-kara, slavery

“Child-prostitution raids nab over 600” WHERE is the outrage?

October 28, 2008 By AmberPaw

Here is the link, you do not have to take my word for it: http://www.boston.com/news/nat... The story was buried on page two.  642 adults were arrested for supporting themselves in style and making money by pimping out children. 47 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: abortion, child-prostitution, child-welfare, compassion, slavery

Before you talk about the “race card” READ “I’ve Got a Home in Glory Land –

August 3, 2008 By AmberPaw

I was struck by the description of the 1833 "Blackburn Riots" that occurred in Detroit, and led to Thornton Blackburn's freedom.  That may be because I was born in Detroit, and know the streets, places, and some of the personalities … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bondage, concubinage, lucy-blackburn, racism, slavery, thornton-blackburn

Moyers Discusses the Myth of Black Emancipation [w/video]

June 29, 2008 By tblade

Although the scope at which private citizens and companies enslaved post-war Black Americans is new to me, it's been well documented for years how much state governments reaped obscene profits from these laws through convict leasing. David … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bill-moyers, civil-rights, moyers, obama, race, racial-justice, slavery, video

Foreign Slave Trade Act of March 25, 1807

March 25, 2007 By Laurel

Two hundred years ago today, on March 25, 1807, the Foreign Slave Trade Act received royal assent (it became law).  The new law "banned British subjects, shipyards, outfitters, and insurers from participating in the slave trade to the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: abolition, slavery

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