(Mint Press) - Despite the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 and the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, slavery refuses to die. In the United States, approximately 100,000 individuals have been victimized in what is now referred to as “human trafficking,” an illicit trade that enslaves individuals to a life where they
150 Years After Abolishing Slavery: How Modern Day Slavery Lives On Under Guise Of Industry Profits
A placard of a child sits on a table during a conference on human sex trafficking Monday, Oct. 31, 2011 in Atlanta. The Georgia Department of Education estimates that about 5,000 girls in the state are at risk for human sex trafficking each year, and many of those children spend some time in a public […]
