Libya-slave-trade posts
Washington Post Libya, the biggest jumping-off point for migrants trying to reach Europe, is now home to a thriving trade in humans.
‘They are not treated like humans’: Inside Libya’s thriving migrant trade
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The abuse raises questions about European agreements to pay Libya to stem the flow of migrants.
105 months ago
Newsweek INT. New revelations about slave markets in Libya are just the latest in a string of horrors in the troubled state.
Migrants would rather die than stay in Libya's slave markets—and the EU should be ashamed | Opinion
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New revelations about slave markets in Libya are just the latest in a string of horrors in the troubled state.
107 months ago
The Economist There are few examples of cruelty so appalling as the Atlantic slave trade. A rarely-noted fact, however, is that the scale of the trade in the lands of Islam was broadly similar. From the archive
Islamic law treated slaves as people, not chattel. Yet the slave trade was not benign
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Islam and slavery: shades of grey
118 months ago
The Economist There are few examples of cruelty so appalling as the Atlantic slave trade. A rarely-noted fact, however, is that the scale of the trade in the lands of Islam was broadly similar. From the archive
Islamic law treated slaves as people, not chattel. Yet the slave trade was not benign
econ.st
Islam and slavery: shades of grey
118 months ago
reddit Slave labor preparing seafood.
AP Reporter Answers Questions About the Seafood Slave Trade
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On Monday, the Associated Press released the latest story in a chilling series on the slave trade in Thailand that supplies seafood to companies in the
123 months ago
reddit USA, you could be eating shrimp peeled by slave labor (AMA with the reporter who broke it). http://buff.ly/1O0FQLU
AP Reporter Answers Questions About the Seafood Slave Trade
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On Monday, the Associated Press released the latest story in a chilling series on the slave trade in Thailand that supplies seafood to companies in the
123 months ago
Mashable News The textbook describes those brought over from the Atlantic Slave trade as "workers."
126 months ago
Salon "Every U.S. president from Thomas Jefferson to John Quincy Adams worked doggedly to protect the Cuban slave trade..."
Our forgotten slavery horror: The shameful, untold history of America and the Cuban slave trade
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As Cuba opens, it's time to recognize our proxy role in Cuba's slave trade, and the Monroe Doctrine's real purpose
126 months ago
Los Angeles Times Entertainment Would a young video game player be able to grasp the inhumanity of the slave trade, all while being rewarded for stacking brick slaves efficiently or expertly navigating a slave ship?
I played 'Slave Tetris' so your kids don't have to
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I knew something was wrong when I found myself doing doughnuts in a fully loaded slave ship off of Ivory Coast. During the past week, an educational game aimed at elementary and middle school students titled "Playing History 2 — Slave Trad Read more ... e" has been the subject of online…
127 months ago
HuffPost Science & Tech Thank goodness.
Slave Trade Video Game Edited After Backlash
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The creators of "Playing History: Slave Trade" removed a level Monday which featured black slave characters being dropped into a ship.
127 months ago