An instance or institution whereby individuals are forced to labor without compensation and usually such persons are considered property of other persons.
Questions tagged [slavery]
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Are child slaves used to produce chocolate?
Many websites report that the pickers of cacao beans for chocolate are often illegal slave children, stolen from their homes, beaten every day, and not paid.
While Fairtrade labels indicate the chocolate was produced without child slavery, they are…
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Were Irish prisoners shipped to America as slaves?
Global Research claims that Irish prisoners were shipped to the US as slaves, is this true?
The Irish slave trade began when 30,000 Irish prisoners were sold as
slaves to the New World. The King James I Proclamation of 1625
required Irish…
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Do slaves cost only $90 today?
Given how slaves cost tens of thousands of dollars in today's money at the time of the American Civil War, I was surprised to read in a number of places (Wikipedia, Reuters, CNN) that the average price of a slave today is $90. The ultimate source…
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