Global Slavery Higher Than Ever?, Says Atlantic

          Today, a blogger from The Gospel Coalition toted a saddening and alarming article from The Atlantic about slavery in our world.

          Yesterday marked the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln, a major step that ended slavery in the United States. Most people assume that the end of the transatlantic slave trade, a 350 year period in which 13.5 million people were taken out of Africa, was the end of slavery. But slavery has continued into the twenty-first century. Indeed, it is estimated that there are twice as many enslaved right now as there had been in the whole 350-year span of the transatlantic trade. Since it's so ubiquitous, why don't we hear more about it?

          You can read the rest here.