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Contemporary World (since 1945)

General

Release

London, weekly updates, last before visit: Jun 2003

Extent

356 pages (ca. 30.1 MiB) : 86 PDF docs., 1 RTF doc., 17 MS Word docs., 251 illustr.

Last Visit

Jul 1, 2003.

Notes

Includes site map and local search.

Language

English

Includes

• Anti-Slavery International's history
• Educational resources
• News releases
• Anti-Slavery International's submissions to the United Nations
• Links

Description

Site of "the world's oldest international human rights organization" tracing back its roots to 1787. Today, Anti-Slavery focuses on the fight against 7 severe violations of human rights considered as "types of slavery exist[ing] today": (1) "bonded labour" (debt servitude), (2) "forced labour," (3) "the worst forms of child labour," (4) the "commercial sexual exploitation of children," (5) "trafficking" of human beings," (6) "early and forced marriage," and (7) "traditional or 'chattel' slavery."

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Related Names

Anderson, Joan A. (webmaster)

Release

Baltimore, © 1997-2002 (Erols)

Extent

5 pages (ca. 90 KiB) : 2 illustr.

Last Visit

Jul 4, 2003.

Language

English

Includes

• What constitutes slavery in the modern world?
• Links, mainly to news reports

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Part of

Werkstatt Ökonomie

Related Name

Heidel, Klaus (collab.)

Release

Heidelberg, 2001-2003

Extent

4 pages (ca. 1.72 MiB) : 2 PDF docs.

Last Visit

Jan 20, 2008.

Technical Notes

Originally at: .

Language

German

Includes

• Heidel, Klaus, et al., eds. (2001): Sklaverei und Zwangsarbeit im 21. Jahrhundert (full text)
• Heidel, Klaus (2000): Globalisierung der Sklaverei

Description

German web presentation of a common initiative by several European advocacy groups under the coordination of Anti-Slavery International. From 2001-2003, the 'Werkstatt Ökonomie' (Economics Workshop) was the German partner of the project

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Related Names

Bales, Kevin (president)

Release

Washington, D.C., c 2006

Extent

16 pages : 26 illustr., 4 MP3 files

Last Visit

Jan 20, 2008.

Notes

Includes site map.

Language

English

Includes

• Presentation of the organization
• Overview of slavery today and brief historical survey
• Slavery in the news
• Campaign to end slavery within 25 years
• Success stories about slaves who gained their freedom
• Testimony of former slaves
• Research and Documents (downloads, incl. a 5-part cost-free education pack)
• Films and videos (for sale, in part accompanied by study guides available as cost-free downloads)
• warslavery.org, a campaign against trafficking in Iraq
• Artists against slavery
• Glossary

Description

Website of a non-profit organization working to end slavery. Free the Slaves point out that today the number of people living in slavery totals 27 mio. and is higher than at any point in history. Freeing these slaves and ending slavery is an ambitious, but attainable goal. – Kevin Bales, the president of the organization, is author of Disposable People
New Slavery in the Global Economy, revised edition,
with a new preface (Berkeley, Cal.: University of California Press, 2004); and of New Slavery: A Reference Handbook, 2nd edition, Contemporary World Issues Series (Santa Barbara, Cal.: ABC CLIO, 2004), reviewed for H-Genocide by Andrew F. Clarke, February 2006).

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Related Names

Jacobs, Charles (founder) / Athie, Mohammed (co-founder) / Chand, David (co-founder)

Release

Boston, © 2008 [regular updates]

Extent

706 pages (ca. 81.4 MiB) : 22 PDF docs., 6 MS Word docs., 477 illustr., 2 audio files, 1 shockwave-flash animation

Last Visit

Jan 20, 2008.

Technical Notes

The domain name iabolish.com now points to iabolish.org.

Language

English

Includes

• Blog
• Slavery Today
• Essays on Modern Slavery
• Online Advocacy Campaigns

Description

Organization founded in 1994 to assist victims of modern slavery, to raise public awareness of the problem, and to lobby governments and international organizations to take action. Reports to have contributed to the freeing of 18,000 slaves. Uses the internet to promote its objectives (Freedom Action Network). Links to multi-media content on the internet. Provides teachers with classroom material.

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Related Names

Geary, Dick (dir.) / Wiedemann, Thomas (founding dir.)

Release

Nottingham, last update Jan 2004 (University of Nottingham)

Extent

8 pages (ca. 90 KiB)

Last Visit

Jan 20, 2008.

Language

English

Includes

• Information on postgraduate scholarships
• Research interests of current staff
• Links and Resources

Description

Formerly known as 'International Centre for the History of Slavery,' the institute has been renamed after the death of its founder Thomas Wiedemann. It is now dedicated to the study of both historical and contemporary forms of slavery.

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Release

Cincinnati, Ohio, c 2006

Extent

490 frames/pages (ca. 34 MiB) : 182 images, 10 PDF files

Last Visit

Sep 14, 2006.

Technical Notes

External links to "virtual movies" of the museum. – Site lacks several referenced pages.

Language

English

Includes

• Mission and History
• Core Exhibit: Brothers of the Borderland
• Core Exhibit: Slave Pen (taken from a farm in Macon Co., Kentucky)
• Core Exhibit: Escape! Freedom Seekers and the Underground Railroad
• Core Exhibit: Suite for Freedom (a multimedia presentation narrated by Angela Bassett, "virtual movie" of the theater available)
• Core Exhibit: From Slavery to Freedom (overview of the history of New World slavery)

Description

Incorporated in 1995, the Freedom Center is a private organization that draws on the experience of the Underground Railroad to explore and promote the struggle for freedom in history and in the contemporary world. In 2004, the Freedom Center opened a museum in Cincinnati, Ohio, that includes four core exhibits on antebellum slavery and the Underground Railroad. The museum also houses the Contemporary Slavery Institute.

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Part of

IAbolish - The Anti-Slavery Web Portal / American Anti-Slavery Group (AASG)

Related Names

Jacobs, Charles (founder) / Athie, Mohammed (co-founder) / Chand, David (co-founder)

Release

Boston, © 2001-2006

Extent

21 pages (ca. 410 KiB) : 11 illustr., 2 PDF files

Last Visit

Sep 24, 2006.

Technical Notes

Originally at: http://www.iabolish.com/act/camp/stop/index.htm.

Language

English

Includes

• The STOP Curriculum
• Teacher Information Packet
• A Message from Barbara Vogel
• Participating Schools

Description

Award-winning campaign begun by a class of 5th graders under the leadership of Vogel in 1998. Now turned into a curriculum. Teaches students about contemporary forms of slavery providing opportunities for participation in anti-slavery actions. Teachers may request cost-free material. Targets older elementary and middle school children.

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Release

Greeley, Col., taught spring 2002 (University of Northern Colorado)

Extent

9 pages (ca. 130 KiB) : 1 MS Word doc.

Last Visit

May 4, 2004.

Language

English

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Part of

Europäische Aktion zur Überwindung von Sklaverei und Zwangsarbeit / Werkstatt Ökonomie

Release

Heidelberg, May 2001

Extent

1 page (ca. 1.4 MiB) : 1 PDF doc.

Last Visit

Jul 4, 2003.

Notes

German version of "Forced labour in the 21st century," ed. Anti-Slavery International [http://www.anti-slavery.org] and ICFTU (London/Brussels 2001).

Language

German

Includes

• Contents (HTML file)
• Full text

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Part of

Digital History. Using New Technologies to Enhance Teaching and Research / University of Houston : Department of History, and University of Houston : College of Education

Related Name

Mintz, Steven

Release

Houston, Tex., © 2003

Extent

5 pages (ca. 270 KiB)

Last Visit

Apr 24, 2004.

Language

English

Description

Bibliography of secondary works organized by type of publication, geographical area, and topic. Two special listings dedicated to slavery in the United States and to slave narratives, their interpretation and criticism. – The most extensive general bibliography available online.

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Part of

History Links / Peabody, Sue

Release

Vancouver, Wash., last update Jan 2004 (Washington State University : History Department)

Extent

1 frame/page (ca. 22 KiB)

Last Visit

Mar 5, 2004.

Language

English

Description

Annotated list of more than 70 categorized links to resources on the history of slavery in the modern period.

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Europe

Related Names

Torrès, Dominique (founder)

Release

Paris, last update Feb 2004

Extent

153 pages (ca. 12.2 MiB) : 18 PDF docs., 49 illustr.

Last Visit

Jul 4, 2003.

Notes

English and German-language sites reported to be under construction, but apparently not actively pursued.

Language

French | Italian (parts only) | Spanish (parts only)

Includes

• Publications for download

Description

Organization founded by French journalist Dominique Torrès in 1994. The Comité seeks to help individuals found in slavery in France (and other European countries), to provide documentation on modern forms of slavery, and to raise public awareness of the problem. – CCEM coordinates the initiative Victims of Trafficking.

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