Global Slavery, Past & Present

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Global Slavery, Past and Present: Global Slavery, Past and Present, explores slavery throughout history with an eye toward understanding the contemporary issue of human trafficking. We learn through readings, film, and class discussions. Specialists in diverse cultures of the world visit the class to discuss the different forms that slavery has taken through the ages. Our objective is to examine many types of coerced labor in comparative perspectives and define slavery in historical context and its modern form. As we look at the development of modern abolition movements we also see how activists and institutions are struggling against human trafficking today.