Human Rights Day – There are more people in slavery now than at any other time in human history.

10 Dec

According to research carried out by the organization Free the Slaves, more people are enslaved worldwide than ever before.

In its 400 years, the transatlantic slave trade is estimated to have shipped up to 12 million Africans to various colonies in the West. Free the Slaves estimates that the number of people in slavery today is at least 27 million.

Related Reading:

Understanding Slavery – Learning Adventures

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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