[S]lavery is alive and well in our world today—so it’s important for us to not only remember those who have been victims of slavery in the past, but now to do our part to be engaged in the battle against slavery in our time. ~ Gary Haugen (March 23, 2010)
Monthly Archives: July 2010
To that end, I guess I'm okay being called a fanatic
Am I a fanatic? Do I want to be a fanatic? According to dictionary.com fanatic suggests excessive devotion to a cause or belief. Therefore, I must be a fanatic about ending human trafficking and modern day slavery. To that end, I guess I’m okay being called a fanatic. ~ Robin Rossmanith (July 14, 2010)
But others just buy a wife from North Korea and have her shipped over, like an imported wine
The one child policy in China has created a generation where men greatly outnumber women and Chinese wives are hard to come by. So Chinese men who want …
Cracking down on demand seems a useful way to chip away at 21st-century slavery
The Swedish model, adopted in 1999, is to prosecute the men who purchase sex, while treating the women who sell it as victims who merit social services. Prosecution of johns has reduced demand for prostitution in Sweden, which in turn reduces market prices. That reduces the incentives for trafficking into Sweden, and the number of …
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Ending demand for slavery means ending demand for the goods and services trafficked people produce
To really destroy the market of human trafficking, you have to do what every Fortune 500 company fears will happen to their product: end the demand. No …
The man that says slaves be quite happy in slavery—that they don't want to be free—that man is either ignorant or a lying person
All slaves want to be free—to be free is very sweet. I have been a slave myself—I know what slaves feel—I can tell by myself what other slaves feel and …
The regulations proposed by this writer, in the defence of slavery, may be considered as so many proofs of the assertions contained in my own work
The Apology for Negroe Slavery is almost too despicable a composition to merit a reply. I have only therefore to observe, (as is frequently the case in …
Regulation won't set anyone free, It'll merely tighten the grips of your slavery
A bullet through the brain, Is said by some to be humane. To be killed swiftly after a life of misery, No freedom, no equality, just bigger cages, longer chains. Is a murderer not a killer if they gas but do not cut? Would you be willing to give your life for others to consume? …
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"The idea of ending slavery seemed totally utopian, crackpot, wildly too idealistic"
In the late 18th century, a small group of Englishmen went out on a limb and put forward the radical notion that slavery was wrong. At first, their proposal that Enlightenment ideals of equality and liberty should be extended to the millions of African slaves held in Britain’s colonies looked like a non-starter. “The idea …
East India Sugar not made by Slaves
East India Sugar not made by Slaves. A Family that uses 5lb. of Sugar per Week, will, by using East India, instead of West India, for 21 Months …
Quotes on Slavery 
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