Modern Day Slavery

You can't engage in any form of  media today without seeing something about missing people. Most often it's a child.   Hope for safe return is always at the forefront. Most often than not, it's not the case. 

A section of the  National Underground Railroad Freedom Center- Cincinnati, Ohio displays various forms of this heinous practice.

Rumors flourish as to what happens to those never found.

Below  is Margo's story

When Margo's dad stopped fondling her because he'd collapsed into a drunken  stupor, it was her chance to escape. She ran away with no place to go and no plan beyond getting away from the constant abuse.

Lenny, the guy buying cigarettes at the convenience store, saw that she was looking for something to eat, and he offered to buy her some snacks. Crying, she told him about home and he cared.

"Margo, he said soothingly, "I can give you a place to stay until you sort things out at home."

BELOW is how Lenny helped Margo.

Inside the circular  window above is a soiled mattress. It states, "After 16 her (Margo) new life had begun." 

Above.  Salila is riding to the city for her first day on a new job. Salila is unaware of what type of job awaits her.

A replica  maze of beds as depicted in sex slave operation.

The boxes indicate people being taken and moved around the same as  one would pack personal inanimate belongings. 

These unfortunate people are not seen as human beings but as chattel to be done with by the owner as he or she wishes.

The text on the boxes indicate numerous ways the uninformed and desperate become victims. 

•        parents who sell their children so that they (the remaining       family) can survive,
•  child soldiers, 
• parents who are told their child will receive an education in a nearby city or a different country never to be seen again,
•  farm laborers. 
• kidnapping and abduction

The very young are most vulnerable because of their innocence, lack of knowledge of life and they are not as strong.

There were other displays on this subject but I'd seen enough.

That's it ***