Slavery is running rampant today, right here. It’s a problem that many people think went out with the Civil War and abolishing of slavery. The point is, slavery has never been abolished from our world. We see it in various parts of the world, in many supposedly civilized countries, including our own. In fact, 27 million people in our world live in slavery.
All over the world, children are held in slavery—1.2 million under the age of 18 are sold every year into some form of slavery. Of the 211 million kids aged 5-14 who are laborers, almost half work full time and more than half work in dangerous conditions.