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Slave Next Door (2010)

by Kevin Bales(Favorite Author)

3.86 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1283277417 (ISBN13: 9781283277419)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

University of California Press

review 1: Modern slavery and human trafficking are subjects that are near and dear to my heart. Author Kevin Bales is the head of the anti-slavery organization "Free the Slaves," so this book was a natural to go in my reading queue. The information cuts you right to the bone, but the writing is difficult to stay with. Bales is many things, but a writer he is not. You might do just as well to go to the Free the Slaves website and get the information dry.
review 2: People who know me well know that modern day slavery is something I have studied quite a bit both in and out of my school experience. I loved this book in that it helps unveil modern slavery close to home, in the United States. Many individuals are shocked that this could be occurring here, and I think it is... more critical that more people understand its prevalence, ideas of what it may look like, how to spot it, and what you can do about it. Kevin Bales teaches these things throughout the book, mostly through sharing interesting stories of real people and real situations here in the United States. I hope that many more people will take the initiative to learn more, as our ignorance is what often keeps individuals in slavery since good people often just don't realize what they are looking at. less

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