Slavery in the 21st Century

In the Land of the Free, where slavery was outlawed 150 years ago, slavery is thriving in the United States. In fact, Americans are the biggest buyers of slaves in the world. Denial does not make it go away. And turning our backs on the victims goes against everything we are called to do as Christians.

How does it happen? The allure is simple - Summer jobs and internships in the USA with mid-sized companies seeking bookkeepers, engineers, welders, and registered nurses. For college students and ambitious young foreign nationals, a single summer in the United States will net enough income to pay for their entire college education, or provide a comfortable life for their families for a year or more. For ambitious young Americans, it's a chance to venture out, learn skills, become independent.

It's the dreamy opportunity that lures tens of thousands into slavery and bondage every year.

They paint a beautiful picture. "You’ll have a great job, a chance to see America!” If they do not cooperate, their families are threatened or they are told their family is ashamed of them and they cannot return home.

At some point, they are forced to do the biddings of their captors. They are often beaten, or kept locked in windowless rooms, chained to their beds, and pumped full of narcotics. They are forbidden to speak to any outsiders, and they are given stories to tell law enforcement if they are questioned for any reason.

Law enforcement and community members see them as dirty law-breaking prostitutes, unworthy of protection or concern. They are arrested and treated with contempt while their traffickers continue to sell the bodies of others with impunity.

We have an obligation to not just pray for the captives, but also for their captors. We have an obligation to do everything we can to set them free and expose the corruption on high that keeps slavery one of the most profitable enterprises in the world. We have an obligation to the enslaved, to help them get out, find a safe place to heal and rehabilitate.

It saddens me that this plight can be ignored, and so many Christians can be so oblivious... so, this post is my intent to enlighten and perhaps spark your compassion to do something about the slavery in your own community... and I assure, it is in your community...

WE ALL NEED TO BE 21ST CENTURY ABOLITIONISTS!

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pom2014 said:

This is a worldwide issue.

When you look upon Dubai remind yourself it was made by India, Pakistani, Sri Lankan and Indonesia slave labour.

In the states the biggest slavers are the Russians and Chinese.

The reason why we have this is due to the fact that over 80% of the wealth of the planet is in the hands of only 11% of the population.

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Yes, this is a global issue... but it wouldn't be if we didn't have so many people in high places buying slaves and profiting from their repeated sales... and the fact that they can do it right out in the open, under the noses of Christians, churches, missionaries and people who have direct contact with people who are at most risk of being enslaved.

The biggest slavers in the US are Americans. Small time pimps make up the largest trafficking workforce. Sure, the Russians and Chinese sell a lot of men, women and children to these Americans, but, the home-town pimp is still king. Parents sell their children to perverts. Teachers, coaches, even youth ministers are in on the racket.

More than 80% of all pornography produced is done with slave labor and torture. It sickens me that so little is being done about it.

In this country, we spend $500/minute busting people for cannabis, yet law enforcement will claim they lack the resources required to rescue slaves and bring their traffickers to justice. sick sick sick

Shirley said:

May our Father bless and protect the many slaves who have it so much worse with no hope of ever being free!

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Indeed! And may they never give up hope!