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There's still nearly the same amount of slavery, if not more, in the world today, as there was at the height of the slave trade.

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Benedict Cumberbatch
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: July 19
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Hammersmith
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Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch
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