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There are more slaves alive today than all the people stolen from Africa in the time of the transatlantic slave trade. Put another way, today's slave population is greater than the population of Canada, and six times greater than the population of Israel.

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Kevin Bales
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: February 9
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Sociologist
University Teacher
Kevin Brian Bales
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