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Slavery in Mauritania is an entrenched phenomenon the national government has repeatedly tried to abolish, banning the practice in 1905, 1981, and August 2007.[1] The descendants of black Africans abducted into slavery now live in Mauritania as "black Moors" or haratin and partially still serve the "white Moors", or bidhan, as slaves.
SOS Slaves estimates that 600,000 people, 20% of the population is enslaved. Mauritanian organizations like El Hor, "free man" or "freedom", and SOS Esclaves, "SOS Slaves", work against slavery.
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- ^ Terence Corrigan (2007). [Mauritania: Country Made Slavery Illegal Last Month Mauritania: Country Made Slavery Illegal Last Month] (HTMl). The East African Standard via allAfrica. Retrieved on 2008-01-21.
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