Human Trafficking

The Return to Slavery

Thomas Schirrmacher

• Publisher: Culture and Science Publishing (VKW)
• eBook ISBN:
  9783862690701
• Year: 2013

Everyone knows what slavery is, from school, from television documentaries, or from the movies. The abolition of slavery belongs to the triumphs of history. It is an integral component of the path to human rights, democracy, and a free society. And it belongs to history. That is, however, a huge mistake. This is due to the fact that today there are more slaves now than in any bygone century. And most of them have been traded and moved around like goods on the global market. While classical slavery was abolished in the Western World by the first great human rights campaign in history, modern day slaves lack an advocate such as one finds in the debate over global warming. For that reason I am thankful to my readers that they are taking time to inform themselves essentially 'in a nutshell' about one of the worst present day atrocities that exists. The victims will also be thankful, because only through the aid of a large groundswell on the part of civil society can the battle against human trafficking again be placed among the highest priorities on the political agenda.