21. In a country that led the campaign to abolish slavery, human rights are now up for sale. 22. In Brazil, the last Western nation to officially abolish slavery, reports are growing of thousands working in bondage out in the backlands. 23. Indians were brought to Trinidad as contract laborers after slavery was abolished. 24. Most Guyanese are the descendants of African slaves and East Indian laborers imported after slavery was abolished. 25. Most Guyanese are the descendants of African slaves and East Indian laborers, imported after slavery was abolished. 26. Some pamphlets attack the president credited with abolishing slavery. 27. Slavery was officially abolished three times, but the practice survives, human rights groups say. 28. The laborers were imported to replace Africans after slavery was abolished. 29. The nearby town of Fessenheim, visited early Sunday by Jospin, was the birthplace of Victor Schoelcher, who drafted the decree to abolish slavery. 30. There was the oft-repeated story that Birch tried to abolish slavery. |