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Originally Posted by garce
And it continues all around the world to this very day.
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This is actually very true. Slavery existed in Africa long before the Dutch stepped foot in their country to capitalize on the practice and create the Atlantic slave trade.
"In Niger, slavery was officially canceled in 1995. However, Timidria, an anti-slavery organization, said that over 870,000 people were enslaved in the country in 2003. The government of Niger denies the existence of slavery, but Timidria says that there are at least 43,000 slaves in the country nowadays. Many of them are known as "sadako" - female sex slaves. According to the UN and human rights organizations, the situation with slavery is also hard in Sudan, Somalia and Angola." :
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