ABOLITION OF SLAVERY

• 1807 – British bans the Atlantic Slave trade

• 1809 – Prussia (Germany) bans slavery

• 1832 – Britain abolishes slavery

• 1848 – France abolishes Slavery

• 1861 – Russia abolishes serfdom (slavery)

• 1865 – United States abolishes slavery

• 1888 – Brazil abolishes slavery

• 1930 – Korea abolishes slavery

• 1970 – Oman abolishes slavery

• 1981 – Mauretania abolishes slavery

• 2007 – Mauretania criminalizes slavery

• 2012 – An estimated 30,000,000 individuals suffer as slaves

What it is, Where it occurs, Why it is proliferating and What You Can Do About It

MODERN SLAVERY

WHAT IS MODERN SLAVERY?

Modern Slavery is Human Trafficking, which, as defined by the United Nations Human Trafficking Protocol, has three core elements…

1) The action of trafficking, which means the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons

2) The means of trafficking, which includes threat of or use of force, deception, coercion, abuse of power or position of vulnerability

3) The purpose of trafficking, which is always exploitation. In the words of the Trafficking Protocol, article 3 "exploitation shall include, at a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labor or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs.

THE NATURE OF THE CRISIS

THE NATURE OF THE CRISIS

THE NATURE OF THE CRISIS

THE NATURE OF THE CRISIS

THE NATURE OF THE CRISIS

THE NATURE OF THE CRISIS

CNN FREEDOM PROJECTOpium Brides in Afghanistan (9:00)http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2013/01/25/afghans-sell-daughters-to-pay-drug-lords/

Mauretania: Slavery’s Last Stronghold (22:52)http://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2012/03/world/mauritania.slaverys.last.stronghold/index.html

Bondage in the South-Asian Carpet Industry (3:38)http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/15/bonded-labor-stretches-from-third-to-first-world/

Child Slavery in the Chocolate Industry (5:45)

http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/category/chocolates-child-slaves /

Polaris Ranks the 50 States

http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/08/u-s-states-of-play-in-anti-trafficking-laws/

WHAT YOU CAN DO…

• Trafficking Survivor: Its time to help others• http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2013/01/17/trafficking-survivor-its-time-to-help-others/

• Call your Senator or Representative• http://www.endslaveryandtrafficking.org/action/trafficking-victims-protection-act

• Sign the petition• http://www.causes.com/actions/1680438-ending-human-trafficking-is-a-national-priority-tell-congress-to-renew-landmark-human-trafficking-legislation