Slavery I
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-29-2020
Department
Philosophy and Religion
School
Humanities
Abstract
Slavery has been and continues to be one of the great evils in human life. Nearly all societies on earth at one time or another have participated in this vicious assault on human dignity. But the face of slavery has changed over the decades. The old form of slavery, the legal ownership of people (chattel slavery), is now (since Mauritania in 1980) universally outlawed. However, slavery in its new forms thrives. This is the disposable slave, who is coerced into slavery but not owned, and who is abandoned when no longer useful. Currently, abolitionist organizations and researchers estimate that there are between 27 and 40 million slaves.
Publication Title
Cosmopolitanism and the Evils of the World
First Page
201
Last Page
231
Recommended Citation
DeArmey, M.
(2020). Slavery I. Cosmopolitanism and the Evils of the World, 201-231.
Available at: https://aquila.usm.edu/fac_pubs/17571
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