LEADER 03810nam 2200757Ia 450 001 9910459959603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8014-7438-8 010 $a0-8014-5832-3 024 7 $a10.3138/9780801458323 035 $a(CKB)2670000000078877 035 $a(EBL)3137974 035 $a(OCoLC)726824233 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000487952 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11309506 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000487952 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10446867 035 $a(PQKB)10670125 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3137974 035 $a(DE-B1597)515859 035 $a(OCoLC)1088916944 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801458323 035 $a(OCoLC)1227050619 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse58561 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3137974 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10457595 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL681761 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000078877 100 $a20071129d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aTo plead our own cause$b[electronic resource] $epersonal stories by today's slaves /$fedited by Kevin Bales and Zoe Trodd 210 $aIthaca $cCornell University Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (272 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-50479-2 311 $a0-8014-4573-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : the long Juneteenth -- Sights and scenes : modern slave experiences -- Ain't I a woman? female slaves and the dynamics of gender -- The turning point : liberation from bondage -- Not yet realized : the problem of freedom -- The severed chain : freedom after bondage. 330 $aBoys strapped to carpet looms in India, women trafficked into sex slavery across Europe, children born into bondage in Mauritania, and migrants imprisoned at gunpoint in the United States are just a few of the many forms slavery takes in the twenty-first century. There are twenty-seven million slaves alive today, more than at any point in history, and they are found on every continent in the world except Antarctica.To Plead Our Own Cause contains ninety-five narratives by slaves and former slaves from around the globe. Told in the words of slaves themselves, the narratives movingly and eloquently chronicle the horrors of contemporary slavery, the process of becoming free, and the challenges faced by former slaves as they build a life in freedom. An editors' introduction lays out the historical, economic, and political background to modern slavery, the literary tradition of the slave narrative, and a variety of ways we can all help end slavery today.Halting the contemporary slave trade is one of the great human-rights issues of our time. But just as slavery is not over, neither is the will to achieve freedom, "plead" the cause of liberation, and advocate abolition. Putting the slave's voice back at the heart of the abolitionist movement, To Plead Our Own Cause gives occasion for both action and hope. 606 $aSlavery$vCase studies 606 $aHuman trafficking$vCase studies 606 $aForced labor$vCase studies 606 $aProstitution$vCase studies 606 $aSlavery$xHistory$y21st century 606 $aSlaves$vBiography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSlavery 615 0$aHuman trafficking 615 0$aForced labor 615 0$aProstitution 615 0$aSlavery$xHistory 615 0$aSlaves 676 $a306.3/62 701 $aBales$b Kevin$0140150 701 $aTrodd$b Zoe$01046321 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459959603321 996 $aTo plead our own cause$92473146 997 $aUNINA