People celebrate the abolition of slavery within Europe and
\nNorth America,
\nbut forget that ‘bonded labour’ ( another form of slavery ),
\nis still in place within many parts of the world.<\/p>\n
Britain gave up the slave trade over 150 years ago,
\nbut it was still involved in supporting slavery for a long time
\nafter that.<\/p>\n
I was reminded of this fact while reading the obituary of
\nColonel David Smiley,
\nwhich was published in The Times on January 14th.<\/p>\n
During a long military career Smiley worked with the Sultan
\nof Omans Armed Forces during the late 1950s.<\/p>\n
It might also be noted that British SAS forces were active in
\nOman against various insurgencies during the 1960s.<\/p>\n
Now here is the interesting point:
\nSlavery was only officially abolished in Oman during the
\nearly 1970s.<\/p>\n
There was not a word about slavery in Oman which appeared
\nwithin the Times Smiley obituary.<\/p>\n
It would of been a very different kind of obituary if this fact
\nhad been noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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