Contemporary slavery, also sometimes known as modern slavery or neo-slavery, refers to institutional slavery that continues to occur in present-day society...

Boko Haram and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, have captured and enslaved women and children, often for sexual slavery. In 2014 in particular,...

during the Atlantic slave trade or were their descendants. The institution of chattel slavery was established in North America in the 16th century under...

slavery or ongoing slavery in the 21st century. Some reparations for slavery date back to the 18th century in North America, but the groundswell for such...

This is a timeline of the 21st century. January 1: The 3rd millennium and 21st century began. January 15: Wikipedia was launched. January 20: President...

modern slavery persisted in areas of the Sahel, and several 21st-century terroristic jihadist groups have attempted to use historic slavery in the Muslim...

international problem. Slavery in the 21st century continues and generates an estimated $150 billion in annual profits. Populations in regions with armed...

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in 21st-century jihadism Slavery in ancient Egypt Slavery in ancient Greece Slavery in ancient Rome Slavery in antiquity Slavery in Brazil Slavery in...

the former slaves. In the 21st-century, Islamic terrorists again practiced slavery in areas under their control in Syria and Iraq. Historically, the institution...

members of the Afro-Syrian minority are descendants of the former slaves. In the 21st century, Islamist extremists again practiced slavery in areas under...

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until the 20th-century. Slavery in Ottoman Libya was nominally prohibited in the 19th-century, but the abolition laws were not enforced. During the Italian...

Slavery has existed in various forms throughout the history of Nigeria, notably during the Atlantic slave trade and Trans-Saharan trade. Slavery is now...

Africa and in parts of West Africa. The importance of domestic plantation slavery increased during the 19th century, due to the abolition of the Atlantic...

The legal institution of human chattel slavery, comprising the enslavement primarily of Africans and African Americans, was prevalent in the United States...

Slavery in Korea existed in various forms from its origins in antiquity over 2,000 years ago to its gradual abolition in the late Joseon period, beginning...

working in slavery-like conditions in Brazil in the 21st century. Slavery in Haiti started with the arrival of Christopher Columbus on the island in 1492...

slavery in the Muslim world Human trafficking in Saudi Arabia History of concubinage in the Muslim world Slavery in 21st-century jihadism Slavery in Africa...

Slavery existed in the Sultanate of Zanzibar until 1909. Slavery and slave trade existed in the Zanzibar Archipelago for at least a thousand years. When...

as forced upon Muslims by the West and want to revive the practice of slavery. (See: Slavery in 21st-century Islamism). In areas controlled by Catholic...

chattel slavery existed in the region of Palestine until the 20th-century. The slave trade to Ottoman Palestine officially stopped in the 1870s, when the last...

While slavery has not been widespread on the territory of what is now Russia since the introduction of Christianity in the tenth century, serfdom in Russia...

Slavery in the ancient world, from the earliest known recorded evidence in Sumer to the pre-medieval Antiquity Mediterranean cultures, comprised a mixture...

Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine — Bureau of International Labor Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor Slavery in the 21st century—BBC Sex trade's reliance...

Slavery in China has taken various forms throughout history. Slavery was nominally abolished in 1910, although the practice continued until at least 1949...

today. Slavery was present in the post-Classical history of Afghanistan, continued during the Middle Ages, and persisted into the early 20th century. After...

Slavery was a major institution and a significant part of the Ottoman Empire's economy and traditional society. The main sources of slaves were wars and...

Slavery in Egypt existed up until the early 20th century. It differed from the previous slavery in ancient Egypt, being managed in accordance with Islamic...

Slavery in medieval Europe was widespread. Europe and North Africa were part of an interconnected trade network across the Mediterranean Sea, and this...