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Lately I've been thinking about the slavery that exists here in the States. Yes, in todays world, slavery still exists! What is slavery, you may ask? Slavery occurs when one person completely controls another person, using violence or the threat of violence to maintain that control, exploits them economically, pays them nothing and they cannot walk away. So i decided to write a little bit about it. A few X Slavery facts X Slavery occurs where one person exercises the 'right' of ownership over a person. They are held against their will often under the threat of violence. Physical, emotional, and mental abuse is often part of their enslavement. Slavery still exists. It 's estimated that there are anything between 10 million and 27 million slaves in the world today. The reason for this broad range is that those people being counted are largely a 'hidden' population. It is estimated that human trafficking alone generates annual profits of arou...