NY Times Op-Ed Claims Slavery Still Alive and Well in the US
The Emancipation Proclamation, signed 150 years ago yesterday, was a revolutionary achievement, and widely recognized as such at the time. Abraham Lincoln himself declared, “If my name goes into history it will be for this act, and my whole soul is in it.”
On New Year’s Eve, 1862, “watch-night” services in auditoriums, churches, camps and cabins united thousands, free as well as enslaved, who sang, prayed and counted down to midnight. At a gathering of runaway slaves in Washington, a man named Thornton wept: “Tomorrow my child is to be sold never more.”
Read the full op-ed at THE NEW YORK TIMES.
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7 Responses to “NY Times Op-Ed Claims Slavery Still Alive and Well in the US”
2. Comment from me
Time January 1, 2013 at 8:28 PM
Rontah, click on the link to the full article. It’s there.
3. Comment from uh hu
Time January 1, 2013 at 8:51 PM
What??????/
4. Comment from Doc
Time January 1, 2013 at 9:45 PM
He is correct. Human trafficking is a very serious issue, occurring in the US and Israel. Terrible reality.
5. Comment from could use some help
Time January 1, 2013 at 11:44 PM
So where can one find a slave to purchase?
6. Comment from Respect
Time January 2, 2013 at 7:11 AM
Human trafficking is a massive industry, and the US is not innocent in this regard. Additionally, if you were to do deep research on many of the products in your home you would find slavery further up in the supply chain.
7. Comment from Anon.
Time January 2, 2013 at 2:22 PM
Leave it the NY Times to deceive. There is the horrible world of slave trafficking, etc. worldwide,for sure, but the way it is implied here that ’slavery’ still exists in the U. S. This, of course, helps keep racial tensions alive.
1. Comment from Rontah
Time January 1, 2013 at 7:19 PM
Your headline is misleading. Where does it say anywhere that slavery is alive & well?