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Slavery Still Exists

Sep 28, 2012 20:42

SEP 26 2012, 1:10 PM ET
Lisa Kristine

Photographs of human trafficking and enslavement around the world

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ghana, sex work, africa, india, slavery, human trafficking, civil liberties, nepal, mining

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ladywilde80 September 29 2012, 09:59:04 UTC

This made me tear up. I NEEDED to see this. I needed to remind myself how fortunate I am and how blessed I am just to have my civil liberties and my freedom. It breaks my heart to know how awful the world can be and how much pain and suffering some of those less fortunate have to endure.

I honestly cannot begin to fathom that amount of pain in the world.

seishin September 29 2012, 17:26:42 UTC

Thank you for saying this more eloquently than I could at this moment.

These photos are heartbreaking and powerful. Thank you OP, for sharing them.

ETA: grammar fail

sarahsumbrella September 29 2012, 13:10:57 UTC

Heartbreaking post. Just like to add, there are slaves in the west too, particularly in Florida where migrant vegetable pickers are regularly chained up. Read the book "Tomatoland" for more information. Next time you slice a tomato/lettuce/onion to put on your burger, remember that there is a good chance it was picked by a slave.

tabaqui September 29 2012, 18:17:28 UTC

It is depressing and horrifying that humanity can sink this low, be this cruel and ugly, can care so little.

We haven't come forward nearly as far as we like to think we have.