Posted on 10/19/2015 1:39:48 PM PDT by GodAndCountryFirst
In Mauritania, a vast, desert country straddling sub-Saharan Africa and the continent’s Arab north, anywhere from 4 to 20 percent of the population are slaves. There are few statistics, so the exact figures are unclear, but even the lowest estimate makes Mauritania the country with the highest percentage of slaves in the world.
While slaves here aren’t physically chained, many remain imprisoned by deep psychological bonds, as well as crippling poverty. Some consider it a sacred duty to serve their masters, tending to the livestock or doing the housework with no pay. Others, like Essatim, grow up knowing nothing else. Anti-slavery activists say that freeing their minds is one of the toughest challenges.
Boubacar Messaoud, who has been fighting the problem for decades with his group SOS Slaves, compares slavery in Mauritania to feudalism, with slaves like serfs toiling their master's land.
Others describe it as a caste system. Today's slaves, such as Essatim, are descendants of darker-skinned ancestors enslaved centuries ago by the lighter-skinned "White Moors."
“Slavery has existed for centuries,” Messaoud says. “People say they are slaves by the will of God.”
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That "freedom" and "equality" stuff? That stuff is rooted in Christianity, and it is completely incompatible with "Submit-Lam."
Shhhh. Don’t tell Obama.
He’ll be looking to bring a few hundred thousand here to live of the US Government and spread “diversity.”
Must be full of NRA Tea Party Types
What? I didn’t see that on my 6 PM news!
It seems people looking for someone to care for them and provide all their necessities work for them in return; abuse is just part of turning over all of your decisions to someone else. One of the reasons I think there isn’t much coverage of this is that besides the fact that it is practically illegal now to show non-whites in a negative light, there may actually be feudal-type arrangements made. Chains aren’t necessary because it may be a voluntary servitude.
And here I thought Mauritania was run by conservative white guys with CSA flags on their desert pickup trucks. /s
What? Can’t be! Only America ever had slaves. Just ask any liberal.
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