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Slavery and war are tightly connected – but we had no idea just how much until we crunched the data

  • Written by Monti Datta, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Richmond
Slavery and war are tightly connected – but we had no idea just how much until we crunched the dataUgandans watch the start of the International Criminal Court trial of former child soldier-turned-warlord Dominic Ongwen.Isaac Kasamani/AFP via Getty Images

Some 40 million people are enslaved around the world today, though estimates vary. Modern slavery takes many different forms, including child soldiers, sex trafficking and forced labor, and no...

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