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Most people think the slave trade is long gone; an anachronism. Sadly, that's not the case. There are currently about 600,000-800,000 slaves internationally, of which about 17,500 are in the United States.

Some make garments. Some (more than 40%) are forced sex trade workers.

If you think you're not part of the problem, check out where your clothes were made. Someone I worked with had parents who were slaves in a Chinese factory - they lived there, shopped there, and worked there. Their shifts started and ended when their foreman said it was time.

The sugar, chocolate, and diamond trades are notorious for using child slave labour.

A few links:

http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20061101faessay85609/ethan-b-kapstein/the-new-global-slave-trade.html

http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20070501faletters86368/ronald-weitzer/the-facts-about-the-slave-trade.html

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