The Slave Next Door: Human Trafficking and Slavery in America Today

In this riveting book, authors and authorities on modern day slavery Kevin Bales and Ron Soodalter expose the disturbing phenomenon of human trafficking and slavery that exists now in the United States. In The Slave Next Door we find that slaves are all around us, hidden in plain sight: the dishwasher in the kitchen of the neighborhood restaurant, the kids on the corner selling cheap trinkets, the man sweeping the floor of the local department store. In these pages we also meet some unexpected slaveholders, such as a 27-year old middle-class Texas housewife who is currently serving a life sentence for offences including slavery. Weaving together a wealth of voices―from slaves, slaveholders, and traffickers as well as from experts, counselors, law enforcement officers, rescue and support groups, and others―this book is also a call to action, telling what we, as private citizens, can do to finally bring an end to this horrific crime.

• Human Trafficking: A Global Perspective
• Renting Lacy: A Story Of America's Prostituted Children (A Call to Action)
• Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy
• The Slave Across the Street
• In Our Backyard: Human Trafficking in America and What We Can Do to Stop It
• Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery
• Girls Like Us: Fighting for a World Where Girls Are Not for Sale: A Memoir
• The History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave Narrative (African American)
• Criminal Law
• To Plead Our Own Cause: Personal Stories by Today's Slaves