Slavery in the 21st Century: 27 Million Slaves, and We Look Away / Mark Riley.
by Riley, Mark; Tasker, Fred; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 50Human Relations. Publisher: Sydney Morning Herald, 2001; Knight-Ridder, 2001ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Child labor | Forced labor | Human rights -- International aspects | Illegal aliens -- Smuggling | Labor laws and legislation | SlaveryDDC classification: 050 Summary: SLAVERY IN THE 21ST CENTURY: 27 MILLION SLAVES, AND WE LOOK AWAY -- "Nearly 150 years since slavery was officially abolished, about 27 million people around the world remain physically or economically shackled--the highest number ever, and it is growing." (SYDNEY MORNING HERALD) This article reveals how the trade in human lives, especially women and children, has reached almost epidemic proportions despite efforts to stymie it.Summary: NEW LAW TARGETS FORCED LABOR -- "Slavery in America. Despite ever tougher state and federal efforts to stamp it out, it persists in parts of the country." (MIAMI HERALD) This article probes cases of modern-day slavery that exist in America and attempts to create more effective laws to punish it.
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Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002.
Originally Published: Slavery in the 21st Century: 27 Million Slaves, and We Look Away, June 4, 2001; pp. n.p..
Originally Published: New Law Targets Forced Labor, July 9, 2001; pp. 1A+.
SLAVERY IN THE 21ST CENTURY: 27 MILLION SLAVES, AND WE LOOK AWAY -- "Nearly 150 years since slavery was officially abolished, about 27 million people around the world remain physically or economically shackled--the highest number ever, and it is growing." (SYDNEY MORNING HERALD) This article reveals how the trade in human lives, especially women and children, has reached almost epidemic proportions despite efforts to stymie it.
NEW LAW TARGETS FORCED LABOR -- "Slavery in America. Despite ever tougher state and federal efforts to stamp it out, it persists in parts of the country." (MIAMI HERALD) This article probes cases of modern-day slavery that exist in America and attempts to create more effective laws to punish it.
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