Slavery is not a crime confined to the far reaches of history. It is an injustice that continues to entrap twenty-seven million people across the globe. Laura Murphy offers close to forty survivor narratives from Cambodia; Ghana; Lebanon; Macedonia; Mexico; Russia; Thailand; Ukraine; and the United States; detailing the horrors of a system that forces people to work without pay and against their will; under the threat of violence; with little or no means of escape. Representing a variety of circumstances in diverse contexts; these survivors are the Frederick Douglasses; Sojourner Truths; and Olaudah Equianos of our time; testifying to the widespread existence of a human rights tragedy and the urgent need to address it.Through storytelling and firsthand testimony; this anthology shapes a twenty-first-century narrative that many believe died with the end of slavery in the Americas. Organized around such issues as the need for work; the punishment of defiance; and the move toward activism; the collection isolates the causes; mechanisms; and responses to slavery that allow the phenomenon to endure. Enhancing scholarship in women's studies; sociology; criminology; law; social work; and literary studies; the text establishes a common trajectory of vulnerability; enslavement; captivity; escape; and recovery; creating an invaluable resource for activists; scholars; legislators; and service providers.
#1261952 in Books 2010-10-14Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.80 x .40 x 5.90l; .60 #File Name: 0231150954216 pages
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