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Slavery

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Human Trafficking Facts - Human trafficking, defined as the illegal movement of people for forced labor or commercial sexual exploitation, does not have geographic boundaries  - Average age a teenager enters the sex trade in the U.S. is 12-14 years old  - There were 141 human trafficking cases reported in 2016 in Texas.  - The National Human Trafficking Hotline receives more calls from Texas than any other state.  - 50 percent of human trafficking victims are children...
This map shows the share of each country’s population that is enslaved.  Source: Walk Free Global Slavery Index (Max Fisher/Washington Post)
This picture from Lisa Kristine shows haunting photos from brick kilns in India and Nepal.  Over 27 million people live in slavery today—a reality that is hard to believe and invisible to many. After an encounter with an NGO dedicated to eradicating modern day slavery—Free The Slaves—TEDxMaui speaker Lisa Kristine dedicated her life to photographing people whose freedom is not their own.

Slavery: Modern Human Trafficking

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Chained Congolese slaves on a Belgian Rubber Plantation. c. nineteenth century
Does anyone have any information about this image? Multiple sites claim it is of a slave being tortured, but there is no other information provided.
Rescued east African slaves aboard HMS Daphne, a British Royal Navy vessel involved in anti-slave trade activities in the Indian Ocean, 1868  Source: The National Archives of the UK

Slavery: Enslaved Africans in Europe

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U.S. white supremacy started BEFORE 1619 & has never really been defeated
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History of the African Slave Trade in Early America & the United States September 8, 1565. The oldest city in the United States, Presidio of San Agustin now named St. Augustine, Florida, was founded--it had African slaves. Spanish explorer Pedro Mene
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A Nation Built on the Back of Slavery and Racism
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Alexander Stephens, Vice President of the Confederacy "Cornerstone Address" March 21, 1861
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In a powerful role-reversal, artist and photographer Greg Semu imagines Australia's white colonizers in chains. Photo credit: Greg Semu Current Source, Samus, Captured Moments, Venture, Buck, First World, Black History, Fierce, Socialism
Artist Greg Semu imagines Australia's white colonizers in chains
In a powerful role-reversal, artist and photographer Greg Semu imagines Australia's white colonizers in chains. Photo credit: Greg Semu
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The excuse that our forefathers didn't know slavery was wrong isn't quite the truth
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Artist: Julia Fullerton-Batten. Color Photography, Creative Photography, Wet Nurse, Reine Victoria, Lucky Ladies, London Life, Commercial Photographer, Edwardian Era, Batten
Wet Nurse. In service
Artist: Julia Fullerton-Batten.
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Chained Congolese slaves on a Belgian Rubber Plantation. c. nineteenth century Congo Free State, Pays Francophone, Congo Brazzaville, King Leopold, Belgian Congo, Scifi, Dark Heart, African History
Chained Congolese slaves on a Belgian Rubber Plantation. c. nineteenth century
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"Do you guys realize that we were a slave economy longer than we were anything else? But yet we deny that? So that's why we're off balance."  ~ Alfre Woodard Proverbs 31 Woman, Social Justice, 6 Years, Don’t Forget, Graphing
"Do you guys realize that we were a slave economy longer than we were anything else? But yet we deny that? So that's why we're off balance." ~ Alfre Woodard
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Plantation Monopoly | Artist: Colin Quashie
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Caroline in 4C has a big problem with her social studies text.
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In 1849, Henry "Box" Brown was a slave who mailed himself in a wooden crate to freedom from Richmond, Virginia to the Anti Slavery Office in Philadelphia. The delivery took 26 hours and he later became a public speaker and slave abolitionist. Artist: Richard Solomon Artists Representative African American History Month, African American Art, American Artists, By Any Means Necessary, Wow Art
Henry "Box" Brown mailed himself to freedom, 1849
In 1849, Henry "Box" Brown was a slave who mailed himself in a wooden crate to freedom from Richmond, Virginia to the Anti Slavery Office in Philadelphia. The delivery took 26 hours and he later became a public speaker and slave abolitionist. Artist: Richard Solomon Artists Representative
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The U.S. slavery timeline Social Issues, Social Work, Israel History, Dbq, Jim Crow, Knowledge Is Power, Teaching Tips, History Facts
The U.S. slavery timeline
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250 years of slavery. 90 years of Jim Crow. 60 years of separate but equal. 35 years of state-sanctioned redlining. Until we reckon with the compounding moral debts of our ancestors, America will never be whole.   ~ Ta-Nehisi Coates, "The Case for Reparations" The Case For Reparations, Racial Equality, Social Trends, Book Worth Reading, Literature, Words
250 years of slavery. 90 years of Jim Crow. 60 years of separate but equal. 35 years of state-sanctioned redlining. Until we reckon with the compounding moral debts of our ancestors, America will never be whole. ~ Ta-Nehisi Coates, "The Case for Reparations"
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