This series investigates the very modern evil of 21st century slavery. From the smallest villages in asia to some of the most economically vibrant cities in the west. But it begins in the last place youd expect to find slaves. A country which only a few generations ago tore itself a pause i hope will slavery a country still racked by collective guilt over its role in the times of planting trade. The United States probably has between 40. 50 slaves measured conservatively but i think also to be fair the United States is one of the governments that has been most honest about the extent the amount and precise crime of enslavement within the United States. 150 years. If you walked around the heart of the u. S. Capitol you could have walked a slave off a Street Corner and this country how to go through a painful civil war in order to bring slavery to an end and in the 21st century theres no doubt that the United States is leading the way in the fight against modern slavery and this testamen