Modern Slavery
A Documentary and Reference Guide
Published on 8. February 2018
Book
Hardback
392 pages
978-1-4408-4498-0 (ISBN)
Description
This book provides a sobering look at modern-day slavery-which includes sex trafficking, domestic servitude, and other forms of forced labor-and 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 populations-and 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 trafficking, and domestic servitude, the book provides a complete examination of the modern-day anti-slavery movement. Its coverage includes historical antecedents, the various and sometimes opposing schools of thought about how to combat modern slavery, and the legislative processes that united them and resulted in a groundbreaking approach to combating human trafficking.
The book uses primary source material, including survivor stories, witness testimony, case law, and other materials to discuss the nature and scope of modern-day slavery, the grassroots movement to stop it, and U.S. leadership in the international arena. Examples of primary source material include the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (2005); remarks and statements from Presidents Bush, Clinton, and Obama on human trafficking and modern slavery; the United Nations' Office of Drugs and Crime report, A Global Report on Trafficking in Persons (2009); excerpts from the U.S. Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report, including harrowing victims stories from around the world (2013 and 2014); and excerpts from 2015 Senate hearings, including testimony from Holly Austin Smith, trafficking survivor, and from Malika Saada Saar, Human Rights Project for Girls.
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 populations-and 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 trafficking, and domestic servitude, the book provides a complete examination of the modern-day anti-slavery movement. Its coverage includes historical antecedents, the various and sometimes opposing schools of thought about how to combat modern slavery, and the legislative processes that united them and resulted in a groundbreaking approach to combating human trafficking.
The book uses primary source material, including survivor stories, witness testimony, case law, and other materials to discuss the nature and scope of modern-day slavery, the grassroots movement to stop it, and U.S. leadership in the international arena. Examples of primary source material include the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (2005); remarks and statements from Presidents Bush, Clinton, and Obama on human trafficking and modern slavery; the United Nations' Office of Drugs and Crime report, A Global Report on Trafficking in Persons (2009); excerpts from the U.S. Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report, including harrowing victims stories from around the world (2013 and 2014); and excerpts from 2015 Senate hearings, including testimony from Holly Austin Smith, trafficking survivor, and from Malika Saada Saar, Human Rights Project for Girls.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
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Height: 286 mm
Width: 221 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
1238 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4408-4498-0 (9781440844980)
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Laura J. Lederer, JD, is president of Global Centurion, a nonprofit organization fighting trafficking and Subject Matter Expert on Human Trafficking to the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Content
Reader'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
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