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Today's World
The population on Earth is currently over 7.4 billion,and it's growing fast!
To learn more about this huge population,let's first imagine our world as a village.
It's a small village with a population of just one hundred.
Each person in the village represents 74 million people who inhabit the planet.
Half are male and half are female.As you would expect!
Sixty-one people in this village are from Asia,and 19 of those,are Chinese.Well,China is a big country with a lot of people!
Twelve people speak Putonghua as their native language,while five speak English as their native language.
Eighty-two people in the village come from developing countries.And 31 of these people have no access to drinking water and sewage systems.Outrageous!Without basic sanitation,they run the risk of becoming very sick.
In the village,there are 56 people with access to the Internet and there are 77 mobile phones.But some people own two or more of those phones.
Perhaps the most astonishing thing about this village is that 40% of its wealth is owned by just one individual!
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The Face of Slavery
From the 16th to the 19th century,millions of Africans were transported across the Atlantic to provide cheap labour for Europe's colonies in the Americas.Slaves endured long journeys in terrible conditions on slave ships.After they arrived,they were sold to new owners.But their conditions did not improve.
Daily life for a slave involved back-breaking labour.Slaves on cotton plantations worked from first light until nightfall.They were allowed only enough rest as was needed to keep them alive and able to work.Some slaves were allowed to have families,but that was only because their children would become slaves as well.
Slaves were often physically abused by their owners,but with no legal rights,they were unable to protest against such bad treatment.Slave owners could punish their slaves however they wished.
When Uncle Tom's Cabin,a now-famous novel about the life of an old slave,was published in 1852,it was still illegal for anyone in the United States to help a runaway slave.The novel aimed to attack the law and to convince the reader of the evils of slavery.Indeed,it helped make slavery less popular by revealing the miserable lives of slaves.
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