Tag: slavery
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Were Slaves Immigrants?
Were Slaves Immigrants? Yes. If that answer troubles you, please hear me out. This week, Ben Carson touched off a firestorm when he referred to slaves as immigrants. (Barak Obama has done the same several times.) The uproar has been that equating slavery and immigration minimizes the horrors of slavery. I have engaged in several…
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A Fascinating Map of the Worst Countries for Modern Slavery
Atlantic: A Fascinating Map of the Worst Countries for Modern Slavery
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American Exceptionalism Reconsidered, Pt. 3: Inequality
Pileus: American Exceptionalism Reconsidered, Pt. 3: Inequality … The problem with the claim is simple: comparing the U.S. to Europe on inequality is inappropriate because Europe never imported a large number of slaves into their territory. When you compare the U.S. to other countries with a history of slavery, U.S. inequality is actually remarkably low.…
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More than 53,000 enslaved workers used in brick kilns
Asianews.it: More than 53,000 enslaved workers used in brick kilns (HT: Presbyweb) Involvement of officials and policemen in the slave trade is increasingly evident. To repair the damage, China's legislature will likely pass a new labour law in the next few days. The parents of 400 missing children launch a new internet appeal. Beijing (AsiaNews)…
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New fight, old foe: Slavery
Christian Science Monitor: New fight, old foe: Slavery Zach Hunter was only 12 years old when he became an abolitionist. During Black History Month three years ago, as he read about Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass, he thought he, too, would have fought against slavery if he'd lived back then. But to his astonishment, Zach…