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The Slave Next Door

Human Trafficking and Slavery in America Today
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Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2010

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In this riveting book, authors and authorities on modern slavery Kevin Bales and Ron Soodalter expose the disturbing phenomenon of human trafficking and slavery that exists now in the United States. In The Slave Next Door we find that these horrific human rights violations are all around us; people sold into slavery are often hidden in plain sight: the dishwasher in the kitchen of the neighborhood restaurant, the kids on the corner selling cheap trinkets, the man sweeping the floor of the local department store. In these pages we also meet some unexpected modern-day slave owners, such as a 27-year old middle-class Texas housewife who is currently serving a life sentence for offences including slavery. Weaving together a wealth of voices—from slaves, slaveholders, and traffickers as well as from experts, counselors, law enforcement officers, rescue and support groups, and community leaders—this book is also a call to action, telling what we, as private citizens and political activists, can do to raise community awareness, hold politicians accountable, and finally bring an end to this horrific and traumatic crime. 

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Contributor: Kevin Bales Kevin Bales is the author of Ending Slavery and Disposable People, both from UC Press. He is also Co-Founder of Free the Slaves, Washington DC, and Professor of Contemporary Slavery at the WIlberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation at the University of Hull. He is the world's leading expert on contemporary slavery.
Ron Soodalter, historian, folklorist, and lecturer, is the author of Hanging Captain Gordon: The Life and Trial of an American Slave Trader, as well as articles on the historic and modern slave trade, the Civil War, and the American West. A respected Lincolnian scholar, he serves on the Board of the Abraham Lincoln Institute.

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    Frontmatter

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    CONTENTS

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    Preface to the Paperback Edition

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    Acknowledgments

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  • PART I. SLAVES IN THE LAND OF THE FREE
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    1. THE OLD SLAVERY AND THE NEW

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    2. HOUSE SLAVES

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    3. SLAVES IN THE PASTURES OF PLENTY

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    4. SUPPLY AND DEMAND

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    5. NEW BUSINESS MODELS

    117
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    6. EATING, WEARING, WALKING, AND TALKING SLAVERY

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  • PART II. THE FINAL EMANCIPATION
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    7. SLAVES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

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    8. STATES OF CONFUSION

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    9. THE FEDS

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    10. A FUTURE WITHOUT SLAVERY

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    APPENDIX: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

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    NOTES

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    INDEX

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July 22, 2019
eBook ISBN:
9780520948037
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2nd edition
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336
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https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520948037
eBook ISBN: 9780520948037
Keywords for this book
human rights violations; white slavery; pedophilia; sold into slavery; political activism; activist; politician; community awareness; community leader; united states modern slaves; modern day slave owners; unexpected slave owners; rescue; support groups; trauma; sexual abuse; survivor stories; slaveholder; call to action; modern slavery
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