Modern Day Slavery

ThinkChristian.net has a disturbing post called, "Slavery is Alive And Well".

From the post:

Southeast of Port-au-Prince, Skinner quickly finds a slave broker, and in this “banal” conversation—he told NPR it was “as if I was negotiating on the street for a used stereo”—Skinner asks for a nine- to twelve-year-old to cook and clean for him.

[He proceeds to negotiate the price down to $50.] “Here, 600 miles from the United States, and five hours from the desk of the UN Secretary-General,” summarizes Skinner, “you have successfully bargained a human being down to the price of the cab fare to JFK.” Benavil even offered fake adoption papers to transport the girl to the United States. This took place not in the remote past but in October 2005.

Read the whole thing.