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New book explores the dark world of human trafficking through the testimony of an advocate against modern slavery
Memoirs of a Modern Slavery Activist' will be released on 13 February on SoftCover, ThePrint’s online platform for launching ...
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Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools
At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement ...
Modern slavery and climate change: How extreme weather fuels forced labor and unwanted marriages
Weather-induced disasters that are the result of climate change are increasingly affecting societies. One area that hasn't ...
At Mother Bethel, Villanova professor previews ‘Last Seen,’ her book about how Black families searched for relatives sold during slavery
Villanova University history professor Judith Giesberg has written a new book, "Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly ...
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I study modern-day slavery − and here’s what I’ve learned about how enslavers try to justify their actions
“Like a shepherd who knows his herd, we know the laborers,” one slaveholder says in Choi-Fitzpatrick’s 2017 book ... slavery studies is relatively young. Data and research on modern slavery ...
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Sculpture of slave boy
Slavery had a long history in the ancient world and was practiced in Ancient Egypt and Greece, as well as Rome. Most slaves during the Roman Empire were foreigners and, unlike in modern times ...
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10 million more people were in modern slavery in 2021 compared to 2016 global estimates, bringing the total to 50 million worldwide. Women and children remain disproportionately vulnerable.