Contemporary Slavery

Most people believe slavery died hundreds of years ago in the late 1800 hundreds. Little do they know that slavery is still very much alive in the world today. Kevin Bale, a human rights professor goes into depth informing the public of an issue many don’t bring up due to the assumption that is has been completely abolished, or that it is too sensitive of a subject to discuss. Slavery is the state of being forced too work without pay under the threat of violence and being unable to walk away. Slavery has not reoccurred in the event of people wanting to be mean, but rather to make a profit. Not everyone is aware that in the year 2010 it had been documented that twenty-seven million people have been enslaved, which is double the number of slaves out of Africa during the trans-Atlantic Slave passage. Every country of every continent, currently, has some form of slavery, including the United States. The United States has less than half a million slaves participating in harsh labor both internally and exported. This may be a shock to most Americans, but it is reality. Every single country except Iceland and Greenland partakes in little to extensive cruel slavery. The most dense population of slavery exists in Southern and Eastern Asia resulting in more than five million workers. Lastly, in the continents of South America, Africa, and in particular South Asia, slaves are brought in to destroy the environment, cutting down trees and work in mines. Now, most don't completely understand how slavery could've possibly come back into existence. And actually it's quite believable and makes a lot of sense. The reasons slavery has reoccurred are one, the population explosion in recent years, the extreme poverty taking place in less developed countries more over well developed ones, vulnerability that may had been caused by civil wars, kleptocratic governments, climate change, or even natural disasters that weaken the country as a whole. Another reason