today is the 200th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in great britain

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"If to be feelingly alive to the sufferings of my fellow-creatures is to be a fanatic, I am one of the most incurable fanatics ever permitted to be at large." William Wilberforce, British Abolitionist

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But even after 200 years, the modern slave trade is alive and well....

27 Million: Number of people in modern-day slavery across the world

Sourced by the UN, New York Times, Amnesty International, The Christian Science Monitor, and Free The Slaves, among others.

800,000: Number of persons trafficked across international borders each year

Sourced by the US State Department, International Justice Mission, and Antislavery.org, among others.

17,500: Number of foreign nationals who are trafficked into the U.S. every year

Sourced by the US House Of Representatives, and the Polaris Project, among others.

91: Number of cities in the United States with reported cases of trafficking

Sourced by Georgia State Representative Jack Kingston, Freetheslaves.net, and Polaris Project, among others.

50: Percent of all victims are children

Sourced by the US House of Representatives Committee on International Relations, and the US Department of State, among others.

$50 Million: US Government budget for efforts against human trafficking

Sourced by the US State Department.

$19 Billion: US Government budget for efforts against drug trafficking

Sourced by the White House Drug Policy website.

20 Million: Number of bonded laborers in the world

Sourced by Free The Slaves.

218 Million: Estimated number of children working aged between five and seventeen

Sourced by the International Labor Organization.

126 Million: Estimated number of children who work in the worst forms of child labor - one in every twelve of the world's five to seventeen year olds.

Sourced by the International Labor Organization, UNICEF, and the US Embassy in Uruguay, among others.

300,000: Estimated number of child soldiers involved in over 30 areas of conflict worldwide, some younger than 10 years old.

Sourced by UNICEF, the BBC, and Amnesty International, among others.

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