I thought that slavery had gone out in the 19th century. It was just an assumption that I had made (I'm sure other people
thought the same, too).
How very wrong I was.
My teacher said that in West Africa children were sold to people in America and the UK, for child prostitution and to work as servants in their houses.
Sometimes even to gain child benefits, not to spend it on the child but on themselves!
Really low people
I was shocked by this news. It was surely not true; I did not believe it at
first.
But the more I thought about it the more real it became. This was
real and it soon didn't surprise me that some really low people would do
such a thing.
I just wish there was something that we could do about it."
Stay tuned to Newsround - there will be a programme feature on child slavery next year.
Write a report for us!