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Modern-Day Slavery in America |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / COMMENTARY |
| Author: Emma Dorothy Reinhardt |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/2001 |
| Size: 2,282 Words, 13,824 Characters |
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Upon arrival in the United States, however, Beatrice found herself enslaved: locked in a suburban home, working for up to 20 hours a day, and denied education. Regularly, she was forced to hold her hands above her head and kneel on the floor for long periods while being beaten. In 1998, after she had been beaten for over an hour, her screams alarmed the neighbors. The police were called, and Beatrice was discovered.
She had been held captive in the United States for nine years.
Beatrice is from Nigeria and was enslaved in 1989 in New York by a child-welfare worker and her husband. But Dora is from Ghana; Vasantha from Sri Lanka; Chanti from India; Yua Hao from China. They were all enslaved here over the last two decades. Discovered in Washington, D.C., Boston, Berkeley, Californ...
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...esponsible. We are all guaranteed human rights.
The system of identification, exposure, and emancipation of modern-day slaves in the United States is still in its early stages. Abolitionists today are asked only to be aware. Be vigilant. Be vocal. And teach others to do the same. For more information, please see www.anti-slavery.org/freeUS. To report a case, please call 1-800.884-0719.
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