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Even now, slavery is a worldwide scourge

Por: The Boston Globe Opinion September 25, 2022

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In 1807, the slave trade was ended in Great Britain. Twenty-six years later, the made human bondage itself illegal throughout the British Empire. In the United States, the ratification of the in 1865 inserted a ban on slavery directly into the Constitution. The League of Nations in 1926 approved an international treaty “to secure the complete suppression of slavery in all its forms.” And the , adopted unanimously by the United Nations in... + full article



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