There is a tendency in some circles to dismiss trafficking as an immigration problem only, and of course that's ridiculous: firstly, if something dangerous is happening a few blocks away from our home, it's our problem. If slavery is happening a few blocks away from our home, it's definitely our problem ( Read more... )

If I might ask, when you think of "slavery," what leaps to mind, and why? Is it the 3/5ths compromise and slavery around the time of the founding of the U.S.? The Civil War and Lincoln? The Roman Empire, or the pyramids as their history is popularly conceived? Press Gangs and the Royal Navy in the 18th century? Does anyone here think of the slaves ( Read more... )

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A hundred and fifty years ago, Uncle Tom's Cabin worked to free the slaves. One novel, the story of a remarkable man facing the terrible reality of slavery, brought a tremendous fuel to the abolitionist movement in the time leading up to the American Civil War.  One ( Read more... )