Slavery remains rampant worldwide. At least 27 million men, women, and children are enslaved today, ranging from prostitutes in London to indentured workers in Burma. This book tells some of their stories. -The statistics of modern day slavery are shocking,- writes Baroness Cox. -Behind each statistic is a human being ' a man, woman, or child; and behind each human being is a family and a community which have been devastated or destroyed. As real-life experiences often speak louder than words, we introduce some of the hundreds of former slaves we have met personally.- The picture is changing rapidly: there are grounds for optimism, but also fresh concern. This popularly written but carefully researched volume has been fully updated for this new edition. It includes chapters on the causes of slavery, on the history of the practice, on different forms of contemporary slavery and truly shocking case studies from Sudan, Burma, Uganda, Indonesia, and the UK. Dr Lydia Tanner contributes a new chapter on human trafficking, and Mal Egner provides a chapter on the conditions endured by the Dalits of India. Former slave and South Sudanese Olympic athlete, Guor Marial, writes the foreword.

ContentsAcknowledgments 11Foreword: My Experience of Slavery in Sudan (Guor Marial) 15Introduction to the Second Edition (Caroline Cox) 191 William Wilberforce: A Mission Not Yet Complete 25Part ONEMODERN SLAVERY: THE VOICES OF TODAY'S SLAVES2 Introduction: Shatter the Silence 333 Let the Slaves of Sudan and South Sudan Speak 35Slavery in North-western Bahr el Ghazal 36Slavery in Abyei 63Slavery in the Nuba Mountains 66The Process of Redemption 70Conclusion 75Sudan Update: The Glory and the Grey 774 Let the Abducted Children of Northern Uganda Speak 81The Abduction, Brutalization, and Slaughter of Children 82The Voices of the Children 83Conclusion 99An Update from Uganda 1015 Let the Sex Slaves, Forced Porters, and Child Soldiers of Burma Speak 105Sexual Slavery 108Let the Victims of Forced Labour Speak 126Child Soldiers 132Update from Burma 134Part TWOSLAVERY PAST AND PRESENT6 Slavery Through the Ages 139Introduction: What Is Slavery? Definitions, Distinctions, and International Conventions 139History of Slavery 1407 Human Trafficking: The Return of the Global Trade in People (Dr Lydia Tanner) 149Sarah's Story 150What is Human Trafficking? 152The Global Trafficking Trade: Why It Has Grown 161Trafficking in Europe and North America 162What is Being Done? 164The Outlook 1788 When Untouchables Become Touchable: Dalit Trafficking and Slavery: India's Dark Secret (Mal Egner) 1819 Contemporary Slavery: Variations on the Theme 191Chattel Slavery 191Debt Bondage 192Forced Labour 193Devadasi and Jogini (Temple Prostitutes) 19610 Breaking the Bonds 199Bonds of Ignorance 199Bonds of Silence 199Bonds of Interest 200Bonds of Ideology 200Bonds of Complacency 200Bonds of Complicity 201Bonds of the Enslaved 201What Then Must We Do? 201Publicity and Parliaments 202National and International Diplomacy 203Linkage: An Idea Whose Time Has Come 203"We Have A Dream" 204Notes 205Bibliography 214