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An estimated 27 million people are held in slavery around the world. Owned like animals by masters, they toil as forced sweatshop workers, sex slaves, migrant workers, domestic servants, and chattel slaves. This collection brings those cries to public attention, and may convince readers that slavery is in fact a modern-day problem. 'The stories in "Enslaved" force us to admit that slavery still exists.' - from the foreword by Gloria Steinem. "Reading Group Guide": "The Reading Group Guide" is great for book clubs. It has an important message: brings an urgent human rights issue to public attention. It provides continuing promotion & events: the American Anti-Slavery Group continues to tour and sell copies. The spring saw good sales at the New York Ethical Society, which featured Gloria Steinem and some of the slaves from the book. It has a foreword by Gloria Steinem: Gloria Steinem's introduction has garnered a lot of attention for the book, and she has been very active in its promotion.An estimated 27 million people are held in slavery around the world today. Owned like animals by masters, they toil as forced sweatshop workers, sex slaves, migrant workers, domestic servants, and chattel slaves. This collection brings those cries to public attention, and will convince readers that slavery is in fact a modern-day problem. |
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"'Just as nineteenth-century slave narratives forced readers to admit the humanity of slaves, the stories in Enslaved force us to admit that slavery still exists.' - Gloria Steinem 'The chilling stories that make up Enslaved describe with terrible immediacy some of the forms enslavement now takes, from the markets of Mauritania to the suburbs of Miami. Nowadays, the word silence is often used in relation to slavery - the complicit silence echoing in the halls of commerce and power; the unheard shout of the distant, illiterate slave. On the eve of this bicentenary, we are assailed by a multitude of voices, and cannot but be gripped by their enduring urgency.' - The Daily Telegraph 'Apparently, a good book is one that gives you an insight into humanity. If true then this one is the epitome of such a work...It highlights how we can all be awoken and change.' - Charlotte Haines-Lyon & Andrew Chapman, www.surefish.co.uk". |
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Paperback. |
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Foreword: The Imperative to Listen and Then Act-- G. Steinem-- Introduction: Behind the Stories: Modern Day Slavery in Context-- J. Sage & L. Kasten-- The Journey of an Orphan: In and Out of Bondage from Haiti to Connecticut-- M. Slattery-- I Am Not Abeeda: Surviving Ten Years of Slavery in Sudan-- A. Bak-- Snapshots from My Life as a Slave in America-- J. Leighton-- Trapped on the Balcony: The Tale of a Sri Lankan Held Hostage in Lebanon-- B. Fernando-- Rescue by Email: The Desperate Plight of an Au Pair in Cairo-- S. Juma-- Laogai: Inside China's Forgotten Forced Labor Camps-- H. Wu-- Atop the Second Wave: Testimony from a Belarus Prison-- Sveta-- Amazing Grace in Mauritania: A Slave Owner's Awakening-- A. Nasser Ould Yessa-- Epilogue: Where You Come In-- J. Sage & L. Kasten. |
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JESSE SAGE is associate director of the American Anti-Slavery Group. Sage has appeared on NPR, BET, Pacifica Radio, and has spoken widely across the country. Fast Company recognized him as one of its "Fast 50" social innovators for his development of activist web-portal iAbolish.com. LIORA KASTEN is a former director of the American Anti-Slavery Group. She is currently pursuing her MA in international relations at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, USA. They live in Massachusetts. |
| 主题 |
Slavery -- History.
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Slavery & emancipation. |
| 其它责任者 |
Sage, Jesse.
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Kasten, Liora.
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| 国际标准书号 |
9781403974938 (pbk.) : |
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1403974934 (pbk.) : |
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