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Child Slavery

A Texas couple was sentenced Monday to seven years in prison for enslaving an African child for 16 years in their affluent suburban home and denying her pay and an education before she escaped.

FORT WORTH, Texas – A Texas couple was sentenced Monday to seven years in prison for enslaving an African child for 16 years in their affluent suburban home and denying her pay and an education before she escaped.

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