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On the recordMay 23, 2016
How does a country like this have 12 million to 14 million slaves in the year 2016? How does that happen?
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Ben Cardin
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the existence of slavery in India despite legal frameworks.

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