From Voice of America:In late August 1791, a slave rebellion in Santo Domingo, now Haiti and the Dominican Republic, sparked the beginning of the end of the system of slavery. Every year on August 23, the United Nations International Day for the remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition serves to remind people of the tragedy of the trans-Atlantic slave trade of old. It also aims to raise awareness about modern day forms of slavery.
Men, women and children are no longer shackled, put on the auction block and sold like prize cattle to the highest bidder. In today's world, one person does not buy another and own him or her for life. Traditional forms of slavery have been abolished. But, contemporary forms of slavery are often as cruel and dehumanizing.
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My Comment: This Voice of America news report ignores the plight of child soldiers. In all of these cases, they are slaves of the worse sort. Exploited not only by the Army that has (in almost all cases) kidnapped them, but also used as human fodder in the wars and battles that are fought.
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