Question

Enslaved: True Stories of Modern Day Slavery (2006), Jessia Sage and Linda Kasten

1) Summarize the book, themes, and social problem/issue 2) Identify key people and locations associated with this book 3) Identify the subject matter of the book, for example, immigration, human trafficking, interracial families, etc. 4) Provide a brief history of the subject matter ( 3-4 pages) 5) Did this book add to your knowledge of the subject matter? is so how?

Answer 1

The book, Enslaved: True Stories of Modern Day Slavery (2006) was edited by Jessia Sage and Linda Kasten is an eye-opener and one of the best book based on the issue like slavery and human trafficking.

Even in the 21st century, there are around 27 million people are facing slavery across the globe.This book raises the issues of human trafficking and slavery still present in the modern age.

It shows how slavery is present from underdeveloped countries to developed countries like the U.S and European countries.slaves are found as sex workers, domestic servants, sweatshop workers, chattel slaves, migrant slaves, mine workers etc.

It consists collection of accounts written by slaves and slaveholders in the U.S, Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific.

It tells about a Haitian girl named Micheline which became a worker(domestic) in Connecticut and Abdel, a Mauritanian slave owner became abolitionist.

Stories of this book increase awareness about problems of slavery, human trafficking, and human right violations that must be stopped.