Rihla#21

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1. According to the article, modern day slavery is different from earlier forms of slavery throughout the United States. Unlike earlier forms of slavery, there are no plantations, slave cabins, or auction blocks today.
2. Lincoln's Emanciption Proclamtion was followed two years later by the 13th Amendment, which made slavery illegal in the United States. However, instances of modern slavery still exist in all 50 states.
3. The Polaris Project is an anti-trafficking organization founded in the year 2002. It is named after the North Star that helped guide slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad. The organization operates a national hotline, taking calls 24 hours a day in more than 170 languages from people who suspect trafficking going on in their communities or victims themselves.
4. I do agree with this article that human sex trafficking is a form of modern day slavery. People are being controlled, abused, and manipulated. Victims are treated as property and forced to do things they don't want.
5. An example of modern day slavery is child labour. Children are being forced to work.
6. I strongly feel that human sex trafficking is a major issue in the United States and should be solved along with other modern day forms of slavery.

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