I am trying to learn more about slavery and its role in modern society.  Does anyone know where it is still practiced or know where I can learn more about it?
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Sudan. I'm not sure about the other African countries, but I know for sure that it is legal in Sudan.
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Didn't know that slavery was classed as an institution??  It divided the whole country and caused a terrible war.  It also made human beings treat others like animals.
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The racism I see happening most often is reverse racism. This is very much the media's doing and parents teaching their children hatred. There is never mention of the white people that fought and died to end slavery in this country. There weren't just families that lost loved ones on the battle ground but people that were part of the underground railroad and people that spoke out and risked everything in doing so. Through the years I have seen black people express hatred for whites because of slavery and their own ancestry. I am not saying there isn't more to fuel the fire...I am saying  slavery is the first thing mentioned.  Because of the sacrifice many made to end it there should be some sort of honor for them from the black community...but there is not. The end of slavery is celebrated as if not one white man died for it or gave a limb. Some blacks hate all whites as if all were the descendants of slavers instead of liberators. Whole family lines were wiped out in a war to abolish slavery and keep a country united. Why the hatred now? Where is the balance? Where is the truth? Why does the media want to fan the flames of bitterness. Why can't there be reconciliation now?
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Burning witches to death is definiately sinful, always was.  This was done as an extremist act, not the written word of the Bible.  Slavery is not forbidden in the Bible, however, maltreatment of slaves was condemned in the Bible.  But, Slavery is a social issue, not a spiritual issue, so the decision is up to the government.
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It's not acceptable, and every African/Asian/Native/Latin/Arabic-American knows it. The notion that anyone else is responsible for what their grand-pappy did is asinine. Slavery is gone; it's not a personal problem for anybody. However, racism is not gone, and it is a real problem. HOWEVER, minorities perpetuate it just as much as they suffer from it.
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thats because slavery has never ended, the mental drain of africa is an ongoing thing, europe and americas where all built by africans.\nand to be quite honest africa has its own problems to be worried about what happened in the past especially when there is so much shit going down in this continent
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www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/\n03/23/world/main682673.shtml\n\n www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/\nfrontline/slaves \n\nmsnbc.msn.com/id/\n3042166 \n\narchives.cnn.com/2001/\nWORLD/europe/03/08/\nwomen.trafficking \n\nedition.cnn.com/2003/\nWORLD/asiapcf/southeast/\n11/27/thailand.sex.ap \n\nwww.suntimes.com/\nspecial_sections\n/traffic/\ncst-nws-traffic07.html \n\nboston.com/news/nation/\narticles\n/.../\nbush_assails_cuba_over_\nsex_trade \n\nnews.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/\n3686173.stm \n\nwww.usatoday.com/news/world/\n2003-06-12-sex-trade_x.htm \n\nwww.american.edu/projects/\nmandala/TED/myansex.htm \n\nthebatt.com/.../Opinion/\nU.n-Must.Stop.Foreign.Sex.\nTrade-518085.shtml \n\nwww.cbsnews.com/stories/\n2003/02/24/world/\nmain541762.shtml \n\nwww.uri.edu/artsci/wms/\nhughes/iran_sex_slave_trade \n\nwww.cbc.ca/toronto/story/\nto_sex-trade20060223.\nhtml?ref=rss \n\nwww.sextradeworkersof\ncanada.com\n/home/terms.asp \n\nnews.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/\n1038877.stm \n\nboston.com/news/nation\n/.../10/31/\ncampaigner_against_sex\n_trade_honored \n\nwww.prisonplanet.com/\namerican_firm_in_bosnia\n_sex_trade_row.html \n\nwww.usatoday.com/news/\nnation/\n2001/09/10/sex-trade.htm \n\nwww.asiapacificms.com/\narticles/nepal_sex_trade \n\nwww.worldnetdaily.com/\nnews/\narticle.asp?ARTICLE_ID\n=26296 \n\nwww.stanford.edu/class/e297b/\nThe Worldwide Sex Slave\n Trade.doc \n\nocala.com/apps/pbcs.dll/\narticle?AID=/\n20060620/OPINION\n/.../OPINION01 \n\nwww.infowars.com/print/\nnwo/\nun_nato_sexslaves.htm \n\nwww.uri.edu/artsci/wms/\nhughes/\nsex_trade_ring \n\nwww.hawaii.edu/global/\nprojects_activities/\nTrafficking/Sex_Trade.pdf \n\nwww.utne.com/webwatch/\n2005_197/\nnews/11657-1.html \n\nconservativegoddess\n.redstate.com/story/\n2006/2/11/4401/22990 \n\nwww.csmonitor.com/\n2005/0511/\np15s02-woeu.html
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Slavery ended along time ago, my brother. Forget the past and look towards the future with God.  We are all one and equal with Him.
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See, I am in Third Grade and I love writing about the history of people that have helped me and my family see my dad was born into slavery and he also escaped to the North with Harriet Tubman. Sorry to get off track but here is a part of my report from my studies I learned that Harriet Tubman first escaped to the north by her self then she realized that if she only helped herself she would be selfish and so she made nineteen trips to the south and helped over three hundred people escape from slavery. Again sorry for getting off track but she was against slavery because she said that we should not be judged by the color of our skin and that it is very unfair for white people to own black people.My dad got some slave laws and here they are. \n\n                          Slave Laws\n1. No one was allowed to teach slaves how to read or write nor were they to be given books or pamphlets.\n\n2. Slaves were not allowed to buy or consume liquor without the written consent of their masters.\n\n3. Slave owners were required to feed and clothe their slaves and take care of their sick and elderly slaves. Failure to do so could result in a fine to the master.\n\n4. Slaves were not allowed to preach, except to their masters' slaves on their own plantation and in presence of white people.\n\n5. Any child who had one free parent and one slave parent was only free if the mother was the free parent.\n\n6. Slaves could not conduct business without a permit or own any personal prperty.\n\n7. Slaves were not allowed to own or have their possession weapons of any kind.\n\n8. The testimony of slaves in court was disallowed  exept in those cases involving other slaves.\n\n9. It was illegal to mistreat or kill a slave unless the slave resisted punishment.\n\n10. SLaves were not allowed to strike white men or to insult them in any way.\n\n11. Slaves were never allowed to enter into any kind of legal binding contract, including contracts of marriage.\n\n12. A slave who traveled away from his own plantation  had to have a pass to show as a means of identification to any white man who challenged him.\n\n13. Slaves were not allowed to swear, smoke or walk with a cane in public.\n\n14. Slaves had to step aside when whites passed them on a public street.\n\n15. It was illegal for mare than five slaves to gather together away from their own homes unless in the presence of white people.\n\n16. Slaves were not allowed to own their own animals, nor could they grow their own cotton; however, theey could  have thier own gardens if thier masters allowed.\n\n17. It was illegal for a master to work his slave in the field on Sundays exept as punishment or unless he paid them for their work.\n\nI hope all the above information helps you an your school project. E-mail me and tell me if this info works or not. My e-mail address is a-maknojia@sbcglobal.net.
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It slavery never happen America wouldn't exist today. They probably would be ruled by Indians or Mexican or something. The slightest thing can completely change History. And you know they would be in Africa.
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See, I am in Third Grade and I love writing about the history of people that have helped me and my family see my dad was born into slavery and he also escaped to the North with Harriet Tubman. Sorry to get off track but here is a part of my report from my studies I learned that Harriet Tubman first escaped to the north by her self then she realized that if she only helped herself she would be selfish and so she made nineteen trips to the south and helped over three hundred people escape from slavery. Again sorry for getting off track but she was against slavery because she said that we should not be judged by the color of our skin and that it is very unfair for white people to own black people.My dad got some slave laws and here they are. \n\nSlave Laws\n1. No one was allowed to teach slaves how to read or write nor were they to be given books or pamphlets.\n\n2. Slaves were not allowed to buy or consume liquor without the written consent of their masters.\n\n3. Slave owners were required to feed and clothe their slaves and take care of their sick and elderly slaves. Failure to do so could result in a fine to the master.\n\n4. Slaves were not allowed to preach, except to their masters' slaves on their own plantation and in presence of white people.\n\n5. Any child who had one free parent and one slave parent was only free if the mother was the free parent.\n\n6. Slaves could not conduct business without a permit or own any personal prperty.\n\n7. Slaves were not allowed to own or have their possession weapons of any kind.\n\n8. The testimony of slaves in court was disallowed exept in those cases involving other slaves.\n\n9. It was illegal to mistreat or kill a slave unless the slave resisted punishment.\n\n10. SLaves were not allowed to strike white men or to insult them in any way.\n\n11. Slaves were never allowed to enter into any kind of legal binding contract, including contracts of marriage.\n\n12. A slave who traveled away from his own plantation had to have a pass to show as a means of identification to any white man who challenged him.\n\n13. Slaves were not allowed to swear, smoke or walk with a cane in public.\n\n14. Slaves had to step aside when whites passed them on a public street.\n\n15. It was illegal for mare than five slaves to gather together away from their own homes unless in the presence of white people.\n\n16. Slaves were not allowed to own their own animals, nor could they grow their own cotton; however, theey could have thier own gardens if thier masters allowed.\n\n17. It was illegal for a master to work his slave in the field on Sundays exept as punishment or unless he paid them for their work.\n\nI hope all the above information helps you an your school project. E-mail me and tell me if this info works or not. My e-mail address is a-maknojia@sbcglobal.net.
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Umm, how about a Black History book?  Try "From Slavery to Freedom" by John Hope Franklin.  Another great historian who covered the topic is John Henrik Clarke.\n\nVery quickly, there was not very much disparity in the way non-free persons were treated.  I don't know why you think there was.  The european slave trade was the most brutal form of slavery the world has ever seen.  And it didn't matter whether it was the Spanish, British, French, etc.  The U.S. Constitution which is a FEDERAL document stated that slaves were 3/5ths human.  Furthermore, the U.S. Supreme Court (fed law) stated that the Black man/woman had NO rights that whites were bound to respect.\n\nAgain do your own reading and get your own understanding.
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Hey dude calm down this is 2006. All the slaves are dead. And who the hell are you to throw off your beliefs on someone else? Get a life.  I am black as hell and I don't ever think about what they did 100 years ago. Not even during Black History month.
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If there are any black people who actually suffered under slavery still out there and alive, yes. That would be fair. As for blacks alive today, no. They suffer no hardships due to slavery that ended over a century ago. and never forget, it wasn't a brave and Nobel "slave revolt" that ended slavery, it was thousands of White men who died to enforce the emancipation proclamation. America already paid the price, in blood.
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Such terrible things must never be forgotten, lest they happen again. However, there is no point in holding future generations responsible for the sins of their ancestors. I'm white, but I'll be damned if I'm going to let someone make me feel guilty for slavery. I've never owned a slave, and I've never supported slavery. Why should I repent for something I didn't do?
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The old testament did make references to slavery as if it was normal,as long as Jews weren't enslaved.Leviticus 24:44 said not to enslave Jews,but if you need slaves,you may buy them from other nations.\nOnly a man would say that it is not OK to enslave your own people,but OK TO enslave others,not God.We are all God's children.No one should be enslaved,period.Then somewhere else in the old testament it said that If a man rapes a woman,he would be sentenced to death. If he rapes a slave,he would be punished,but not sentenced to death because she was just a slave.Something like that.Why would anyone believe that is a word of God?\n\nI remember Jesus using slavery as an example to make a point,but I don't think he was condoning slavery.It was just a parable.I wish I could remember the exact verse.\n\nSlavery is wrong,period.It is insane to believe that God would condone people being mistreated as long they weren't Jews?That doesn't sound like a loving God.
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Wow - that's a tough question to answer without sounding racist or radical.  \n\n(especially after we went to war believeing that slavery is wrong)\n\nSlavery has always provided a form of free labor.  When you use a race that you believe is inferior you don't have to worry about cost or feeding or even the working conditions as slaves are expendable.\n\nHowever once you get into that topic, you are putting a price on a human life (which is close to 2.3 billion dollars if you add the cost of the chemicals used to make up a human).