This Immoral Trade: Slavery In The 21St Century: Updated And Extended Edition - Softcover

Cox, Baro Caroline

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0857214446 ISBN 13: 9780857214447

Publisher: Monarch Books, 2013

Synopsis

This groundbreaking and authoritative resource reporting on the state of modern-day worldwide slavery and human trafficking has now been thoroughly updated.

It is estimated that more than 27 million slaves exist today, ranging from prostitutes in London and New York to indentured workers in Burma. The statistics are shocking. But behind each statistic is a human being—a man, woman, or child; and behind each human being is a family and a community which have been devastated or destroyed. This Immoral Trade shares the stories of some of these.

Including chapters on the causes of slavery, the history and different forms of contemporary slavery, the Christian roots of the anti-slavery movement, and three detailed case studies—on Sudan, Burma, and Uganda—the new edition also includes a special chapter on the Dalits of India and a section on human trafficking, both with arresting and disturbing case histories. It concludes with an important chapter on action readers can take.

Sharply written and carefully researched, This Immoral Trade is a powerful resource that will spur thoughtful readers to a deeper understanding of this global threat.

“This book demands the attention of all who would seek to follow in the footsteps of Wilberforce.”

—Dr. John Sentamu, Archbishop of York

About this title

About the Author:

Baroness Caroline Cox was until recently deputy speaker of the British House of Lords and a well-known campaigner for human rights.

Review:

This Immoral Trade was emotionally difficult to read. Rape, murder, and bondage cause the victim's voices to cry out from within its pages and grip our heart. If you can get through the documented information and photos without tears of compassion, or are able to stay the screams of outrage that rise in your throat at the injustices being carried out every minute of every day, then you probably don't deserve the precious freedom you are now enjoying . . . . If you want to find out more about present-day slavery, I suggest you read This Immoral Trade. This is a 5-star, thought provoking read.--Jan Warren"armchairinterviews.com" (05/21/2007)

About this edition

• Publisher: Monarch Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0857214446
• ISBN 13: 9780857214447
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224