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Book SynopsisThis book provides a sobering look at modern-day slaverywhich includes sex trafficking, domestic servitude, and other forms of forced laborand documents the development of the modern anti-slavery movement, from grassroots activism to the passage of anti-slavery laws.Slavery was formally abolished across most of the world by the end of the 19th century, but it continues to lurk in the shadows of the modern world. As with slavery of yesteryear, modern slavery hinges on the exploitation of vulnerable populationsand especially women and children. The result is the same as in bygone centuries, when slavery was practiced in the open: unimaginable misery for those exploited and financial gain for the exploiter.
Modern Slavery: A Documentary and Reference Guide is an invaluable resource for students, researchers, academics, policymakers, community leaders, and others who want to learn about modern-day slavery. Covering forms of modern slavery that include sex trafficking, labor tr
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Table of ContentsReader's Guide to Related Documents Preface Introduction
1. Antislavery Antecedents (16th–19th Centuries) A Minute Against Slavery: The Germantown Petition (1688) William Wilberforce's Abolition Speech (1789) A Federal Law Prohibiting Slave Trade (1820) What to the Slave Is the 4th of July? (1852) The Emancipation Proclamation (1863) Amendment XIII (1865) Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman (1869) Josephine Butler's Contagious Disease Act Battles (1869–1886)
2. Early Visionaries (1900–1990) The Suppression of White Slavery (1905) The Mann Act (1910) The Minimum Age Convention—Child Labour (1919) The Convention Concerning Forced or Compulsory Labour (1930) The Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others (1949) The International Tribunal on Crimes Against Women (1976) Kathleen Barry's Notes on Female Sexual Slavery (1979)
3. Sounding the Alarm: The Problem Emerges (1990–2000) Racism, Sexism, and Prostitution (1992) Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (1996) The Sex Sector (1998) Human Rights Standards for the Treatment of Trafficked Persons (1999) A Response to Legitimating Prostitution as Sex Work (1999) Documenting International Law (1999) Senate Testimony of the International Justice Mission (2000) Exploiting Americans on American Soil (1992 founding of SAGE recounted in 2005 speech)
4. Governmental Responses: Codification and Implementation The First Resolution in Congress on Trafficking (1995) The First Senate Resolution on the Global Problem (1998) The First Hearings in Congress (1999) The Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999) Hearings on the International Trafficking of Women and Children (2000) The First Survivor Testimonies in Congress (2000) Trafficking Victims Protection Act (2000) National Security Directive on Trafficking in Persons (2002)
U.S. v. Cadena (2002 and 2015)
5. A Deeper Understanding of the Problem Complicity, Corruption, and Human Rights (2002) Best Practices for Addressing Demand (2004)
U.S. v. Kil Soo Lee (2004)
U.S. v. Pipkins (2004) Global Report on Trafficking in Persons (2009) The Invisible Army (2011) Strengthening Protections Against Trafficking in Persons in Federal Contracts (2012) Preferred Terminology for Sex Trafficking and Prostitution (2013)
6. The Next Horizons The MS-13 Sex Trafficking Cases (2011–2014) Health and Human Trafficking (2014) The Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act (2015) Preventing Human Trafficking in Global Supply Chains (2015) The Controversy (2015) Sex Trafficking in Boys (2015) Amnesty International's Call for Human Rights of Sex Workers (2016) A Feminist Response to Amnesty's Call (2016) Executive Order on Human Trafficking (2017) An Afterword on Terminology Related to Modern Slavery Chronology Bibliography Index
