“The confused mass of rules of conduct called law, which has been bequeathed to us by slavery, serfdom, feudalism, and royalty, has taken the place of those stone monsters, before whom human victims used to be immolated, and whom slavish savages dared not even touch lest they should be slain by the thunderbolts of heaven.” ShouldHumansHas BeensLawUsedHeavenTakenMassStonesVictimSlaveryMonstersUsed To BeConfusedSavagesRoyaltyFeudalismThunderbolts Book:Anarchism: A Collection of Revolutionary Writings Source: Anarchism: A Collection of Revolutionary Writings
“Rigorously investigated and fearlessly reported, A Crime So Monstrous is a passionate and thorough examination of the appalling reality of human bondage in today's world. In his devastating narrative, Ben Skinner boldly casts light on the unthinkable, yet thriving, modern-day practice of slavery, exposing a global trade in human lives. The abuses detailed in these pages are repugnant, but there is hope to be found: by giving voice to the victims, Skinner helps restore their dignity and makes crucial strides toward closing this shameful chapter in history.” WorldGivingHumansHelpingRealityLightTodayFoundVoicePracticeModernCrimePagesDignityAbuseVictimSlaveryTradeCastsPassionateNarrativeHuman LifeCrucialChaptersBondageClosingExaminationMonstrousShamefulThoroughStrideUnthinkableExposingModern DayThere Is HopeToday's WorldHuman BondageSkinnerGiving Voice Author:William J. Clinton
“It is the nature of slavery to render its victims so abject that at last, fearing to be free, they multiply their own chains. You can liberate a freeman, but you cannot liberate a slave.” LastsVictimSlaverySlaveChainsFreeman Author:Louis J. Halle
“I'm not a person that really deal in color. I recognize the inequities that certain cultures have to go through. I understand the history of slavery and all those things. But I'm not a victim. I can vote, I can participant. I can invest my money. I can invest my time. And that's what I'm doing. I'm not working for anybody. I'm not making any money doing what I'm doing. I'm doing it because someone did it for me.” PersonsI CanCertainCultureDealsColorVoteVictimSlaveryMy TimeParticipants Author:Jim Brown
“I recognize the inequities certain cultures have to go through. I understand the history of slavery. I know all those things. But I'm not a victim. I can vote, I can participate, I can invest my money, I can invest my time, and that's what I'm doing. I'm not working for anybody. I'm not making any money doing what I'm doing. I'm doing it because someone did it for me.” CultureVoteVictimSlavery Author:Jim Brown
“If you are not the victim, don't examine it entirely from your point of view because when YOU'RE not the victim, it becomes pretty easy to rationalize and excuse cruelty, injustice, inequality, slavery, and even murder. But when you're the victim, things look a lot differently from that angle.” IfsLooksEasyViewsMurderVictimSlaveryInjusticeExcusePoint Of ViewCrueltyInequalityAngleRationalize Author:Gary Yourofsky
“Unfortunately, what is thrown away is not only food and dispensable objects, but often human beings themselves, who are discarded as 'unnecessary.' For example, it is frightful even to think there are children, victims of abortion, who will never see the light of day; children being used as soldiers, abused and killed in armed conflicts; and children being bought and sold in that terrible form of modern slavery which is human trafficking, which is a crime against humanity.” ThinkingHumansChildrenLightFormUsedHumanityHuman BeingsInspiringWiseModernCrimeExampleObjectsTerribleConflictVictimSlaverySoldierAbortionThrownUnnecessaryPro LifeDiscardedHuman TraffickingTraffickingCrimes Against HumanityArmed ConflictCatholic Pro LifeModern SlaveryDispensable Author:Pope Francis
“I can never acknowledge the right of slavery. I will bow down to no deity however worshipped by professing Christians - however dignified by the name of the Goddess of Liberty, whose footstool is the crushed necks of the groaning millions, and who rejoices in the resoundings of the tyrant's lash, and the cries of his tortured victims.” I CanChristianNamesLibertyMillionsCryVictimSlaveryAcknowledgeNecksTyrantsRejoiceGoddessBowsDeitiesCrushedLashesGroaning Author:Thaddeus Stevens
“Millions of our fellow human beings continue to live as contemporary slaves, victims of abominable practices like human trafficking, forced labour and sexual exploitation. Countless children are forced to become soldiers, work in sweat shops or are sold by desperate families. Women are brutalized and traded like commodities. Entire households and villages labour under debt bondage.” HumansChildrenHuman BeingsPracticeMillionsFellowsVictimSlaverySlaveSoldierDebtContemporaryDesperateShopsLabourVillageSweatHouseholdExploitationCommodityBondageHuman TraffickingTrafficking Author:Ban Ki-moon
“It is up to each and every one of us to raise our voice against crimes that deprive countless victims of their liberty, dignity and human rights. We have to work together to realize the equal rights promised to all by the United Nations Charter. And we must collectively give meaning to the words of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that "no one shall be held in slavery or servitude"” GivingHumansTogetherNationsVoiceRealizingUnitedLibertyRightsCrimeEqualDignityUniversalRaisesVictimSlaveryHuman RightsWorking TogetherDeclarationUnited NationsEqual RightsServitudeCharterDeclaration Of Human Rights Author:Ban Ki-moon
“Is slavery - owner, victim, profit, and domination - exclusive to the human race? Have blacks, Jews, women and children been the only victims of this atrocity? Have not cows been enslaved? What about pigs, chickens, turkeys, fish, sheep? If they’re not enslaved, then what are they? Free?” IfsHumansChildrenRaceVictimSlaveryFishesProfitJewHuman RaceOwnersChickensCowsSheepPigsDominationTurkeysExclusiveAtrocities Author:Gary Yourofsky
“How many people worldwide are victims of this type of slavery, in which the person is at the service of his or her work, while work should offer a service to people so they may have dignity. I ask my brothers and sisters in faith and all men and women of good will for a decisive choice to combat trafficking in persons, which includes "slave labor."” PeopleMenShouldMayPersonsChoicesAsksBrotherTypeOffersMen And WomenLaborDignityVictimSlaverySlaveMy BrotherCombatBrothers And SistersGood WillTraffickingSlave Labor Author:Pope Francis