Author : Kevin Bales
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 052094299X
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)
Book Synopsis The Slave Next Door by : Kevin Bales
Download or read book The Slave Next Door written by Kevin Bales and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2009-06-18 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this riveting book, authors and authorities on modern day slavery Kevin Bales and Ron Soodalter expose the disturbing phenomenon of human trafficking and slavery that exists now in the United States. In The Slave Next Door we find that slaves are all around us, hidden in plain sight: the dishwasher in the kitchen of the neighborhood restaurant, the kids on the corner selling cheap trinkets, the man sweeping the floor of the local department store. In these pages we also meet some unexpected slaveholders, such as a 27-year old middle-class Texas housewife who is currently serving a life sentence for offences including slavery. Weaving together a wealth of voices—from slaves, slaveholders, and traffickers as well as from experts, counselors, law enforcement officers, rescue and support groups, and others—this book is also a call to action, telling what we, as private citizens, can do to finally bring an end to this horrific crime.