The Scourge of Slavery

Excerpt: "Ethiopia had slavery until 1942, Saudi Arabia until 1962,
Peru until 1968, India until 1976 and Mauritania until 1980.  What is
also seldom remembered is that many black Americans in the 19th
Century owned slaves.  For example, according to the United States
census of 1830, in just the one town of Charleston, South Carolina,
407 black Americans owned slaves themselves..."

Read the entire article. It is posted at:
http://www.christianaction.org.za/articles_ca/2004-4-TheScourgeofSlavery.htm