We read of cultures from the past

We read of cultures from the past
where slaves were normal, commonplace.
Today we look with different eyes,
to keep a slave would bring disgrace.
Yet people still are caught and sold,
removed from family and friends,
then bought, mistreated and abused.
For them life’s horror never ends.

Verses 2-3 follow

Tune: YE BANKS AND BRAES; ST PATRICK
Metre: DLM

Andrew Pratt (born 1948)

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