Quote Originally Posted by Universal Mind View Post
Yeah, it's really terrible stuff. Full blown slavery slavery became illegal here in 1863, but loophole substitutes for it kept going on at a much lower level for a while, and even after that, the races still did not have equal rights. However, today, slavery is completely illegal and a great deal less prevalent. That is, in the United States. Were you aware of the slavery that still exists on a major level? I am talking about right this second. Is that mind boggling or what?
Yes, I'm aware of human trafficking today. This thread is about the large-scale forced labor by supposedly free blacks in the southern U.S. in the early to mid 20th century.