Slavery today
By: Ronald D. Lankford, Jr., book editor.
Contributors: Lankford, Ronald D., 1962-
Series: At issue. Social issues; At issue
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 137
ISBN-13: 9780737744408; 9780737744415
Subjects: Slavery -- United States -- History -- 21st century; Human trafficking -- United States; Slave labor -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Slavery in the United States is a serious problem  -- Janet Gilmore; title: Slavery is a serious international problem  -- E. Benjamin Skinner; title: Important facts about slavery today  -- Carolyn Nye; title: Slavery is different today versus yesterday  -- Cassandra Clifford; title: Human trafficking assumes many forms  -- Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons; title: Sex slavery is practiced in the United States  -- Catherine Edwards; title: Human trafficking in the United States is difficult to document  -- Cathy Young; title: Enormity of slavery problem overwhelms aid workers  -- Scott Carrier; title: Economic development can end slavery  -- Sam Saverance; title: Economic development causes slavery  -- Justin Guay; title: Slave labor exists in the United States' agricultural industry  -- Elias Lawless; title: Prison labor is state-funded slavery  -- Crhis Levister; title: Reparations for slavery no longer has public support  -- Walter Olson; title: Reparations for past injustices is an ethical issue  -- Donald W. Shriver, Jr.; title: Slavery must be abolished again  -- Mark P. Lagon; title: Religion can play a role in abolishing slavery today -- Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick.