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Trafficking In Slave Trade

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The term "trafficking" is a convenient euphemism that seeks to eliminate the ethical dimension implied in " slave trade " concept. A more appropriate term is " slave trade " because the word " slave " has retained the burden of infamy that involves lowering man to the category of merchandise. In any case , both terms are presented to us in the XXI century as far as devoid of real meaning . And that is precisely the aim of the graphic dimension : bring us the concept of slavery, seek , where possible through photography, which come alive the institution of slavery . Therefore I thought it convenient to group images into two sections : Trafficking ( the different stages of the marketing of black slaves) , and the slave . We repeat that it is

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