Subj : Slavery Today
To   : All
From : Lee Lofaso
Date : Thu Apr 04 2019 04:18:49

Hello Everybody,

http://news.trust.org/shorthand/life-after-slavery/

Over 40 million people around the world
are born into slavery, and remain slaves
even today.  Including many who are in
the USA.  Why does this continue, even in
this day and age?

Many of the people trying to enter the
USA are fleeing from countries that forced
them into slavery.  Why are they denied
the right to even apply for asylum, with
their own children taken away from them?

The USA is supposed to be the "land of
the free, and the home of the brave" -
but there is nothing brave to be found
by denying those who wish to be free.

Perhaps we should do what Abraham Lincoln
had advocated - send all the slaves to
Guatemala so they can have their own country.
Of course, Guatemalans might object to that,
as those who live there already have a place
to stay.

After becoming president, Abraham Lincoln
decided to create a new place for slaves to
stay.  Within the USA.  It's all in his
emancipation proclamation.  Rather than free
the slaves, he was going to round them up
and send them all to Louisiana.

Unfortunately, a two-bit actor put an end
to that idea ...

--Lee

-- 
We Put Big Loads In Tight Places

--- MesNews/1.08.05.00-gb
 * Origin: - nntp://rbb.fidonet.fi - Lake Ylo - Finland - (2:221/360)

.