Class Year
2016
Document Type
Blog Post
Publication Date
4-15-2015
Department 1
Civil War Institute
Abstract
2.7 million. That’s an estimate for the number of slaves in the world today. The true number is probably higher, even though the United States abolished slavery 150 years ago. Most of today’s slaves go unseen and unaided, victims of an opaque system of exploitation that conspires to keep them oppressed. [excerpt]
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Recommended Citation
Lavery, Kevin P., "The Unfinished Work: Slavery Today" (2015). The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History. 94.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/compiler/94
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