Ending Slavery: How We Free Today's Slaves
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.86 (841 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0520257960 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 274 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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All rights reserved. Alongside those goals, Bales also considers practical matters, including fundraising, increasing awareness among the general public and convincing governments to pay attention: though "all political leaders denounce slavery," its numbers are still up, "perpetrators go uncaught and the minimal resources needed to rehabilitate freed slaves are not available." Shocking, saddening, angering and inspiring, this volume reveals in full a side of the global market many Americans simply do not know about, clueing readers in on "the extent of their own involvement in global slavery," and the unthinkable injustices that could be taking place even in their local communities. From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Bales (Understanding Global Slavery) provides a guide for eliminating the plague
In Ending Slavery, Bales again grapples with the struggle to end this ancient evil and presents the ideas and insights that can finally lead to slavery's extinction. Recalling his own involvement in the antislavery movement, he recounts a personal journey in search of the solution and explains how governments and citizens can build a world without slavery.. In his 1999 book, Disposable People, Kevin Bales brought to light the shocking fact of modern slavery and described how, nearly two hundred years after the slave trade was abolished (legal slavery would have to wait another fifty years), global slavery stubbornly per
"For our times" according to Amazon Customer. Outstanding expose of the institution of slavery around the world. Eye-opening!. The history of slavery M. A. Filippelli Ending slavery,This is a very interesting read. Bales talks about slavery today through the eyes of recent slaves. There are so many amazing horrific and sad stories. You read about slavery in history class and how it ended in 1865. There is slavery even today in the United States. Bales talks about ho. YES, THERE IS STILL SLAVERY IN THE WORLD Theresa Welsh The title of this book really caught my eye: Hasn't slevery been abolished everywhere? Well, yes and no. Kevin Bales shows us in this book how slavery, while illegal in every part of the world, still exists. It exists in India, where small boys spend their days in dark huts breathing dust and tying kno