Re: Slavery
I first heard about the efforts of some Colorado school kids to buy freedom for slaves several years ago. These kids raised money and bought slaves, giving them their freedom in the process. It was a heartwarming story.
However, no good deed goes unpunished. As the idea spread and other groups started doing the same thing, the market for slaves increased. Seeing an easy way to make money, the slave traders began capturing more people and forced them into slavery so their freedom could be bought by well-intentioned people like these kids.