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As well as the domestic slavery that DigitalTraveler42 mentions, we've off-shored a lot of slavery.
Companies serving US markets set up their pricing in a way that encourages producers to use slaves or they buy from the lowest price and either don't ask questions or ask questions after the order is filled. Coffee, chocolate, tea, textiles and garment production all involve slave labour at the tacit request of large companies that are often based in the US.
The cost benefits of slavery are factored into a lot of our food and clothes. That's an important part of our economy that we can't separate out just because we've set up supply chains with deniability in mind.