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REVIEW: Top 10 Facts You Don't Know About Slavery. by Fmartin(m): 2:08pm On Jul 17, 2016
1. The word ‘slave’ originally came from the Slavonic population of Eastern Europe, who were often enslaved in the middle ages.




2. The average cost of a slave in America in 1850 was about $400 (about $12,000 in today’s money).



3. Slavery was abolished in the UK in 1833 but the Modern Slavery Act, outlawing human trafficking and forced labour, was only passed in 2015.

Re: REVIEW: Top 10 Facts You Don't Know About Slavery. by blaquemyc: 2:11pm On Jul 17, 2016
ok, you've got attention, ride on.
I wish all forms of slavery can truly be abolished.
Re: REVIEW: Top 10 Facts You Don't Know About Slavery. by Fmartin(m): 2:12pm On Jul 17, 2016
4. In 1452, Pope Nicholas V issued a papal bull allowing the King of Portugal to enslave pagans.


5. When Britain abolished slavery, compensation was paid to 46,000 slave owners. The 800,000 freed slaves received nothing.


6. From 1526 to 1867, some 12.5 million slaves were shipped from Africa to the Americas with only about 10.7 million surviving the journey.



7. During the ancient Roman winter festival of Saturnalia, slaves and their owners swapped roles.
Re: REVIEW: Top 10 Facts You Don't Know About Slavery. by Fmartin(m): 2:13pm On Jul 17, 2016
8. The words ‘slave’ and ‘slaves’ occur only once each in the King James Bible…




9. …though Shakespeare’s plays, written around the same time, mention them around 180 times.



10. Including forced labour and human trafficking there are around 30,000 slaves in the world today, which is more than at any time in history


http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/top10facts/623459/Top-ten-facts-about-slavery

Re: REVIEW: Top 10 Facts You Don't Know About Slavery. by blaquemyc: 2:18pm On Jul 17, 2016
op, correct no10, 30,000 slaves?
Re: REVIEW: Top 10 Facts You Don't Know About Slavery. by Nobody: 2:29pm On Jul 17, 2016
Major fact! God approves of it.

Exodus 21 vs 20
Re: REVIEW: Top 10 Facts You Don't Know About Slavery. by oliidell(m): 2:38pm On Jul 17, 2016
blaquemyc:
op, correct no10, 30,000 slaves?

Yea, No. 10 is contradictory
Re: REVIEW: Top 10 Facts You Don't Know About Slavery. by Fmartin(m): 3:19pm On Jul 17, 2016
blaquemyc:
op, correct no10, 30,000 slaves?
that is fact for you wink
Re: REVIEW: Top 10 Facts You Don't Know About Slavery. by Affable0709(m): 3:32pm On Jul 17, 2016
1960 Saved Nigeria's asss.

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