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Where slavery is a legal practice, slaves may be held under the control of another person, group, organization, or state. The legal designation of slavery is rare, as most societies consider slavery to be illegal, and persons held as in such condition are considered by authorities to be victims of unlawful imprisonment.
A specific form, known as chattel slavery, is defined by the absolute legal ownership of a person or persons by another person or state, including the legal right to buy and sell them just as one would any common object.
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Abolish Slavery - Soon - Campaign to help raise awareness about modern slavery and to highlight organizations working against it.
Anti-Slavery.org - News of slavery and anti-slavery campaigns, plus entry to other sections of site.
Meta Description: [ Campaigns for the freedom of millions of people worldwide who are trapped in situations of slavery or slavery-like practices. ]
Baltimore Anti-Slavery Society - Information and resources about slavery and forced labor systems in the modern world.
Meta Description: [ Baltimore Anti-Slavery Society Web Page is designed to inform the community about slavery and forced labor systems in the modern world. ]
Contemporary Forms of Slavery - Factsheet from the United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights.
Free the Slaves - Abolish Modern Slavery - The Center of the Modern American Abolishionist Movement inspired by Kevin Bales' book, Disposable People, works to abolish slavery worldwide.
Review of Kevin Bales' 'Disposable People' - Book review of Kevin Bales' study of modern slavery, with case studies from Thailand, Mauritania, Pakistan, Brazil, and India.
Meta Description: [ Most people think of slavery as a phenomenon of the past, as something we have put behind us... ]
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Save A Slave - Information and education exchange on the plight of modern slavery, child slavery and prostitition around the world, particularly in Sudan, Mauritania, Sudan, China, India and Thailand.
Meta Description: [ SaveASlave.com is an information resource on the modern forms
of slavery. ]
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Scientific American: The Social Psychology of Modern Slavery - Contrary to conventional wisdom, slavery has not disappeared from the world. Social scientists are trying to explain its persistence Article by Kevin Bales.
Meta Description: [ Science and Technology at Scientific American.com: The Social Psychology of Modern Slavery -- Science and Technology from Scientific American: daily science news and technology news, science trivia, science experts, science newsletters, science shop, science books and more ]
Slavery Today (About.com) - Overview of the many forms of modern day slavery. Focuses primarily on the efforts of the American Anti-Slavery Group.
Meta Description: [ The U.S. politics site is a clearing house for information on political issues and events, providing background on important issues such as tax legislation, foreign policy, abortion, electronic democracy, anti-terrorism legislation and prescription drug benefits. ]
The American Anti-Slavery Group - Monitors, documents, and publicizes the plight of slaves around the globe. Focuses on the worst and most-ignored cases of human bondage: black chattel slavery in North Africa. There may be more slaves today than ever before in history.
Unfinished Business: Tackling the Legacies of Slavery and Colonialism - Papers from a conference at the Africa Centre, London, marking UN International Day for the Abolition of Slavery.
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