I simply can't find a citation for the claim that overpopulation has driven the cost of slaves down.
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This also doesn't necessarily make a lot of sense because many of the countries with the most people aren't the countries where slavery is a problem. I'm going to go ahead and remove the claim for now. Kansan (talk) 06:09, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
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This may partly be true; however consider that there problably is no clear agreement of what consitutes "slavery"; are those girls who became prostitutes to pay of their (monetary or idelological) debt "slaves", or do we find a different name for their situation? - To speak in economical terms, market entry may not be easy and there may be certain factors that make exiting the market "difficult" or "unattractive" (being prosecuted for human trafficking, for example). Given all these "shades of grey", I still think it is possible to model this "scenario" using market ecocomics; I am not an economist, but I think that if you use a specialized search engine, finding papers about this exact scenario will not be difficult. - Other idea: if market entry/exit is difficult, the number of market players will stay approximately the same; if the demand stays the same, the supply directly influences the price (more supply - less price). --Eptalon (talk) 15:59, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
Is slavery really called "Thralldom?" I'm a native English speaker, and I've never heard that word before. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.13.205.130 (talk • contribs)
Hello, we should seriously look at what the focus of this article should be. It is very nice o get a historical overview, and yes, it was officially abolished, in the first half of the 20th century. Since then, it has continued ot exist, and it would probably be good if the article could mention that. Today, it probably takes more of a form of forcing people into prositution, or other forms of forced labor. And of course, the result may no longer be the 'feel-good-we-solved-the-problem' story adapted to schools. --Eptalon (talk) 12:20, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
Well, I think it's a good page, and it seems a shame that it bears no recognition as "good " or "very good." I would only improve it by more sources, and by some work on how widespread slavery was in Africa before the colonial era. It's quite wrong to think the idea was modern or invented by white men. En wiki does have a page "slavery in Africa".
Needs, of course more sources, but pretty good for our wiki. Macdonald-ross (talk) 15:42, 24 July 2023 (UTC)
The "six out of every ten boys bled to death" is simply preposterous. Macdonald-ross (talk) 18:34, 24 July 2023 (UTC)
"In Niger, there is also much slavery. A Nigerian study has found that more than 800,000 people are slaves, almost 8% of the population".--Please make sure this is correct (while i try to fix other articles). 2001:2020:319:772E:B12D:76D0:570:69A7 (talk) 15:19, 28 July 2023 (UTC)
"This was long after the 1636 edict by Tokguawa Japan had expelled Portuguese people."--Needs an extra word, or so? 2001:2020:309:7C75:79DB:7F1D:B3F6:BFED (talk) 22:01, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
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