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I am doing a huge project on this for school and would like any opinions/info on this topic. Why do we not hear about this problem here in the US? It is so close to us yet I had no idea this was a problem. I found some websites but just looking for more input on this topic. anyone know of any news videos where they talk about this?

2007-02-27 01:54:17 · 4 answers · asked by Laura T 1 in News & Events Other - News & Events

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Recently Her Excellencey Govener General Michelle Jean made a very meaningful trip to Africa. Madam Jean is herself a decendent of Haitian slaves. She came to Canada as a child refugee and has risen the post of Head of State of a predominately white nation. I , myself am white and I will tell the world that I could not be more proud of her. I will submit the whole article as near the end she speaks of modern day slavery:

ELMINA, Ghana — Michaelle Jean wept softly for several minutes Wednesday as she stared out from a seaside castle that still literally reeks from the stench of slavery.
The passing of generations has not erased the fetid trace of bodily waste in the dark, dank dungeons of Elmina castle where tens of thousands of human beings were stored like cattle.
The Governor General triggered a chain reaction of tears from her entourage as she broke into sobs while touching the rusty iron gate of the so-called the Door of No Return.
For more than three centuries, the chains of African captives scraped the rugged stone floor as they were shoved onto ships waiting below to carry them into slavery.
Jean gently touched the gate, then grabbed onto it tightly, and knelt as she wept for several minutes while praying in silence and gazing from the dark cellar into the sunlit horizon.
She said she prayed for millions of slaves, including her own ancestors, and for the untold millions who died during the journey and whose corpses were dumped into the ocean.
"My life will never be the same again," said Jean, the Haitian-born descendant of slaves.
"I said one thing (during my prayer): we shall never be chained again. We shall never be on our knees again. We shall never be humiliated again."
Upon emerging from the castle, the Governor General shook her head and waved off staff who attempted to set up a news conference with Ghanaian and Canadian media.
A moment later she regained her composure and changed her mind.
Jean then delivered an eight-minute monologue without a single reference to the joyful irony that a slaves’ descendent would return here as vice-royalty.
Jean was asked if she had a message for Canada’s black community and declined to offer one.
Instead she spoke about what she called modern-day slavery: the children who are forced into armies around the world, or to work for little or no pay.
"This doesn’t concern just the descendants of slaves," she said when asked for a reaction. "There are still children who are enslaved. I know that slavery is still a reality today."
"We can’t say that we’re unaware this is happening . . . Indifference is guilt. Indifference is a killer ..."
"Not only would we betray the people still living in those conditions . . . we would also be betraying ourselves."
A half-hour helicopter ride from the Ghanaian capital of Accra, Elmina Castle was first established as a Portuguese trading post in 1482 to exchange European goods for African gold.
But it was soon overtaken by the slave trade and served that sole purpose under the Portuguese, Dutch and British until the practice ended in the 1830s.
It has found a new vocation as a shrine to inhumanity.

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2007-03-05 04:09:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

I don't have a specific date for you, but remember reading news items about people being brought into Vancouver B.C. from the Orient, and being forced to work. There was also a prostitution ring operating with very young girls being smuggled across the border from the U.S. Perhaps you could research the Vancouver newspapers on this topic? best wishes

2007-02-27 05:10:46 · answer #2 · answered by tylernmi 4 · 0 0

This is the most disgusting act a human can do beside raping a child. There is a movie about this very thing, starring Donald Sutherland. It is very graphic. This movie will help you to build a greater in-depth. Hope this helps.

This needs to be exposed to all countries.

2007-03-04 08:34:22 · answer #3 · answered by NJ 6 · 1 0

guy why the f*(ok wernt you in Nova Scotia shall we of been putting out months in the past, i pass threw a ounce a week, and that i'm hoping you probably did bargains like 3 for 23$ and four for 30$, 7 for fifty$ 10 for sixty 5$ 15 for a hundred and an oz.. for a hundred and fifty five$

2016-10-02 01:52:37 · answer #4 · answered by maragh 4 · 0 0

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