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TexasTowelie

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Thu Mar 26, 2026, 02:17 AM Thursday

United Nations declares slave trade 'gravest crime against humanity' - DW News [View all]



The UN General Assembly has declared that slavery is the 'gravest crime against humanity' - specifically the enslavement of some 12 million Africans and their descendants through the transatlantic slave trade. Why did the US vote against it?
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