Synopsis “Modern slavery.” It sounds like a paradox. Hasn’t humanity progressed? Didn’t we leave slavery dead on the battlefields of the American Civil War? Didn’t social reformers like Lincoln and Wilberforce legislate against such cruelty over a hundred years ago? So we had thought. [...]
Lying curled up on broken concrete under an aging spirit house I wondered, “How on earth did I get here?” It was past midnight and the street light shining through a spider web above me was threatening to give away my hiding place. We had been prayer walking through a red light district for [...]
‘Freedom Fighter’ aims at educating to prevent human trafficking before it begins. Franklin, TN (July XX, 2013) – For Jenni Jessen, survivor and self-proclaimed ‘Freedom Fighter’ it’s personal. She knows the many forms human trafficking can take. Under the direction of Jenni and her [...]
In December of 2011, US President Barack Obama issued a presidential proclamation establishing the month of January as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, commemorating “the anniversaries of the Emancipation Proclamation, which became effective on January 1, 1863, and [...]
The sun burned down on my head and the homes plastered in manure. Its heat indiscriminate, baked us each a golden brown. Hiking on rocky trails from home to home I tried to take in the sights, the people, the stories. But as each hour on the field passed, I felt myself becoming anesthetized. [...]
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