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To: Brumar89 who wrote (567375)	5/21/2010 10:53:34 AM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578361

you know Ted was never taught this. The Arab slave trade Main article: Arab slave trade See also: Slavery (Ottoman Empire) and Islam and slavery Historians say the Arab slave trade lasted more than a millennium.[39] Slaves in the Arab World came from many different regions, including Sub-Saharan Africa (mainly Zanj),[40] the Caucasus (mainly Circassians),[41] Central Asia (mainly Tartars), and Central and Eastern Europe (mainly Saqaliba).[42] Ibn Battuta tells us several times that he was given or purchased slaves.[43] Slaves were purchased or captured on the frontiers of the Islamic world and then imported to the major centers, where there were slave markets from which they were widely distributed.[44][45][46] In the 9th and 10th centuries, the black Zanj slaves may have constituted at least a half of the total population in lower Iraq.[47] At the same time, many tens of thousands of slaves in the region were also imported from Central Asia and the Caucasus.[48] Zanzibar was once East Africa's main slave-trading port, and under Omani Arabs in the 19th century as many as 50,000 slaves were passing through the city each year.[49][50] Some historians estimate that between 11 and 18 million African slaves crossed the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, and Sahara Desert from 650 AD to 1900 AD.[11][51][52] Central and Eastern European slaves were generally known as Saqaliba (i.e., Slavs).[53] The Moors, starting in the 8th century, also raided coastal areas around the Mediterranean and Atlantic Ocean, and became known as the Barbary pirates. It is estimated that they captured 1.25 million white slaves from Western Europe and North America between the 16th and 19th centuries.[54][55]

To: Brumar89 who wrote (567375)	5/21/2010 11:33:16 AM
From: one_less	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1578361

Were? or are and getting worse than ever in history... no, not some new nuanced definition of low pay but the old fashioned kind complete with examples of branding, mutilating, shackling, caging, and the forced labor. It seems to be catching on world wide as some sort of New Age highly profitable fad. "Though most Americans believe slavery was abolished with the Emancipation Proclamation more than a century ago, the horrors of human beings held in bondage flourishes today." -------------- US State Department A wide range of estimates exists on the scope and magnitude of modern-day slavery. The International Labor Organization (ILO)—the United Nations agency charged with addressing labor standards, employment, and social protection issues—estimates that there are at least 12.3 million adults and children in forced labor, bonded labor, and sexual servitude at any given time. america.gov ------------------- Published: May 15, 2010 Send to a friend U.S. Devotes $20 Million a Year to Fund Anti-Slavery Initiatives newsblaze.com ------------ "During 2001, at least 700,000 and potentially as many as 4 million men, women and children worldwide were bought, sold, transported and held against their will in slave-like conditions, according to the U.S. State Department. usgovinfo.about.com "Modern Day Slavery in America -- Over 300,000 U.S. Children Fall Prey to Sex Trafficking" alternet.org ---------- "Though most Americans believe slavery was abolished with the Emancipation Proclamation more than a century ago, the horrors of human beings held in bondage flourishes today." * The slave trade in Africa was officially banned in the early 1880s, but forced labor continues to be practiced in West and Central Africa today. UNICEF estimates that 200,000 children from this region are sold into slavery each year. * State Department estimates, up to 90,000 blacks are owned by North African Arabs, and often sold as property in a thriving slave trade for as little as $15 per human being. * Kidnapped from their villages when they are as young as five years old, between 200,000 and 300,000 children are held captive in locked rooms and forced to weave on looms for food. In India—as well in other countries—the issue of slavery is exacerbated by a rigid caste system. * The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has freed approximately 7,500 bonded laborers since 1995. By the commission's estimates, there are still roughly 50,000 bonded laborers in southern Singh. Many of those freed now reside in the city of Hyderabad in makeshift camps. Most are afraid to return to their homeland, however, for fear they will be recaptured and enslaved again. * In the Dominican Republic, the collection of slaves for the busy harvest season is more random. The Dominican army, with the support of the State Sugar Council (known as the CEA), "hauls Haitians off public buses, arrests them in their homes or at their jobs, and delivers them to the cane fields," according to Charles Jacobs. Some of the cane-cutters sign on to work voluntarily. When the number of workers does not meet the harvest's demand, the Dominican army is set into action. The army's captives are forced to work at gunpoint and beaten if they try to escape. infoplease.com