Migrants from West Africa are being openly traded in "public slave markets" across Libya.
As a departure point for refugees trying to get to Europe,
migrants arriving in Libya from sub-Saharan Africa are particularly vulnerable due to a lack of money and little in the way of documentation.
Slavery returns to Africa: Migrants sold at open markets in Libya
The Arab slave trade was massive long before slaves were deported to North and
South America yet few are knowledgable about the Arab slave trade...especially the Negro militants in America who converted to Islam like that would be some sort of protest??? More like a submission to their former masters.
Arabs still have slaves (even though its supposedly illegal) and a few others around the globe go with this crap.
What the op fails to realize is slavery continues to flourish right here in the United States. Further, it is sanctioned by the Constitution. Hence, an excerpt from the5th Amendment:
"nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation."
Millions of people have been sent to prison for nonviolent crimes in this nation.Yes, the Constitutional application of due process has been instrumental in creating more "slaves" here than any other country in the world. Neither India nor China,two of the most populous nations on earth , have incarcerated as many people as the USA has.
Saying that, I must be clear. I am not advocating leniency for violent criminals. My intent is merely to draw attention to the blurry distinctions between slavery abroad and the slavery intrinsic to our penal system, which, btw, is being privatized for profit.