Modern Slavery: A Documentary and Reference Guide
byLaura 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.
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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-day anti-slavery movement, from early survivor voices to grassroots activism, to the passage of U.S. and international anti-slavery laws.
• Presents an accurate and comprehensive account of the size and scope of modern slavery in the United States and around the world• Uses primary source materials to illuminate efforts by human rights organizations, lawmakers, and slavery survivors to combat human trafficking and rescue millions of men, women, and children from lives of backbreaking labor, forced prostitution, and other forms of enslavement
• Illustrates how early survivor voices catalyzed the new abolitionist movement—that the brave actions of a few have benefited thousands of victims of human trafficking
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Modern Slavery: A Documentary and Reference Guide
Author(s): Lederer, Laura;Contributors: Lederer, Laura;Abstract: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-day anti-slavery movement, from early survivor voices to grassroots activism, to the passage of U.S. and international anti-slavery laws.
• Presents an accurate and comprehensive account of the size and scope of modern slavery in the United States and around the world• Uses primary source materials to illuminate efforts by human rights organizations, lawmakers, and slavery survivors to combat human trafficking and rescue millions of men, women, and children from lives of backbreaking labor, forced prostitution, and other forms of enslavement
• Illustrates how early survivor voices catalyzed the new abolitionist movement—that the brave actions of a few have benefited thousands of victims of human trafficking
SortTitle: modern slavery: a documentary and reference guideAuthor Info:Laura J. LedererauthorLaura 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.
eISBN-13: 9781440844997Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781440844997.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781440844980Imprint: GreenwoodPages: 392Publication Date: 20180228Series: Documentary and Reference Guides- Cover Cover11
- Half Title i12
- Title iii14
- Copyright iv15
- Contents v16
- Reader's Guide to Related Documents ix110
- Preface xiii114
- Introduction xvii118
- 1. Antislavery Antecedents (16th—19th Centuries) 1124
- A Minute Against Slavery: The Germantown Petition (1688) 2125
- William Wilberforce's Abolition Speech (1789) 6129
- A Federal Law Prohibiting Slave Trade (1820) 14137
- What to the Slave Is the 4th of July? (1852) 17140
- The Emancipation Proclamation (1863) 24147
- Amendment XIII (1865) 27150
- Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman (1869) 29152
- Josephine Butler's Contagious Disease Act Battles (1869-1886) 36159
- 2. Early Visionaries (1900-1990) 43166
- The Suppression of White Slavery (1905) 44167
- The Mann Act (1910) 48171
- The Minimum Age Convention—Child Labour (1919) 51174
- The Convention Concerning Forced or Compulsory Labour (1930) 55178
- The Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others (1949) 65188
- The International Tribunal on Crimes Against Women (1976) 72195
- Kathleen Barry's Notes on Female Sexual Slavery (1979) 781101
- 3. Sounding the Alarm: The Problem Emerges (1990-2000) 851108
- Racism, Sexism, and Prostitution (1992) 861109
- Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (1996) 911114
- The Sex Sector (1998) 961119
- Human Rights Standards for the Treatment of Trafficked Persons (1999) 1001123
- A Response to Legitimating Prostitution as Sex Work (1999) 1111134
- Documenting International Law (1999) 1201143
- Senate Testimony of the International Justice Mission (2000) 1251148
- Exploiting Americans on American Soil (1992 founding of SAGE recounted in 2005 speech) 1321155
- 4. Governmental Responses: Codification and Implementation 1451168
- The First Resolution in Congress on Trafficking (1995) 1461169
- The First Senate Resolution on the Global Problem (1998) 1501173
- The First Hearings in Congress (1999) 1551178
- The Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999) 1611184
- Hearings on the International Trafficking of Women and Children (2000) 1661189
- The First Survivor Testimonies in Congress (2000) 1721195
- Trafficking Victims Protection Act (2000) 1801203
- National Security Directive on Trafficking in Persons (2002) 2061229
- U.S. v. Cadena (2002 and 2015) 2121235
- 5. A Deeper Understanding of the Problem 2191242
- Complicity, Corruption, and Human Rights (2002) 2201243
- Best Practices for Addressing Demand (2004) 2301253
- U.S. v. Kil Soo Lee (2004) 2381261
- U.S. v. Pipkins (2004) 2421265
- Global Report on Trafficking in Persons (2009) 2541277
- The Invisible Army (2011) 2591282
- Strengthening Protections Against Trafficking in Persons in Federal Contracts (2012) 2681291
- Preferred Terminology for Sex Trafficking and Prostitution (2013) 2771300
- 6. The Next Horizons 2851308
- The MS-13 Sex Trafficking Cases (2011-2014) 2861309
- Health and Human Trafficking (2014) 2921315
- The Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act (2015) 2981321
- Preventing Human Trafficking in Global Supply Chains (2015) 3041327
- The Backpage.com Controversy (2015) 3131336
- Sex Trafficking in Boys (2015) 3221345
- Amnesty International's Call for Human Rights of Sex Workers (2016) 3281351
- A Feminist Response to Amnesty's Call(2016) 3361359
- Executive Order on Human Trafficking(2017) 3401363
- An Afterword on Terminology Related to Modern Slavery 3451368
- Chronology 3491372
- Bibliography 3551378
- Index 3631386