First the Portuguese took a small number of slaves and left the enslaved Africans on the small islands of the eastern Atlantic.
the Dutch turned to supplying captive Africans to the early English sugar plantations in Barbados and Jamaica in the West Indies.
1760- Code of Hammurabi had 30 laws about slavery.
Every year, the government of Uzbekistan forces kids as young as 10 to pick cotton, which is used to make clothes.
Out of 12.5 million enslaved Africans only about 10.7 million men, women, and children survived the journey
In China, private slaves farmed or industry production.
Between 1500-1860s 12.5 million slaves were forced on slave ships against their will.
Those who migrate irregularly lack protections and are vulnerable to violence, extortion, kidnapping, and human trafficking.
Roman slaves who pleased their masters were between slave hood and citizenship.
Africa had slaves in their social structure/ they were property and indentured servants.
Poverty and debt, as well as lack of legal status and limited language skills were identified as key drivers of vulnerability among adult victims of human trafficking .
Captive Africans suffered terribly on this Middle Passage, often loaded onto slave ships after enduring weeks or months of forced marches, deprivation, and brutality on their way to the sea, leaving them vulnerable.
The Brazilian Portuguese bought enslaved Africans from ship captains stopping along their course to the Caribbean, while also organizing their own slaving ventures in West Africa.
Many of the materials in phones and other electronics are mined by slaves in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Women and girls also make up the majority of victims with vulnerability primarily driven by homelessness, being in the foster care system, running away, being undocumented, previous trafficking experiences, or identifying as a member of the LGBTQI+ community.
Roman did not consider slaves as people but as property,
About half of all packaged goods in U.S. supermarkets—including shampoo, soap, and bread—contain palm oil, which is processed by slaves in Malaysia, Indonesia, and other countries.
Slaves were often captured from other countries as pow.
