To plead our own cause
Subtitle: personal stories by today's slaves
By: edited by Kevin Bales and Zoe Trodd.
Contributors: Bales, Kevin.; Trodd, Zoe.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780801445736; 9780801474385
Subjects: Slavery -- Case studies; Human trafficking -- Case studies; Forced labor -- Case studies; Prostitution -- Case studies; Slavery -- History -- 21st century; Slaves -- Biography
Genres: Case studies.; Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the long Juneteenth; title: Sights and scenes : modern slave experiences; title: Ain't I a woman? female slaves and the dynamics of gender; title: The turning point : liberation from bondage; title: Not yet realized : the problem of freedom; title: The severed chain : freedom after bondage.