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Three South Carolina Men Plead Guilty to Enslaving Migrant Farmworkers

HeadlineMay 08, 1997

This news from Charleston, South Carolina: Three men pleaded guilty to enslaving migrant farmworkers, admitting to a conspiracy in which the workers were beaten and threatened if they protested their conditions. All three admitted to recruiting Guatemalans and Mexicans from Chandler Heights, Arizona. According to the Justice Department, prosecutors said the undocumented workers were driven to Manning, South Carolina, about 60 miles southeast of Columbia, without being allowed to eat or use the restroom. The workers were paid little. It was virtually impossible for them to pay off the high fees for housing, essential goods and for transporting them across the country.

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