Maria interviews Kevin Bales

Kevin Bales is one of the world's leading experts on modern-day slavery. He has determined that approximately 27 million people are enslaved worldwide. Although most of these slaves are in Africa and Asia, there are over 40,000 slaves living among us here in the United States. Bales is the author of The Slave Next Door and Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy, which has been translated into 10 languages. He is also the co-founder of the abolitionist group Free the Slaves, a nonprofit organization incorporated in 2000 with the primary objective of ending slavery worldwide. In this One-on-One conversation, Bales discusses the realities of contemporary enslavement, the motivation behind his work, and how our generation can bring slavery to an end.

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Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• slaves
• slavery
• United States
• Kevin Bales
• Free the Slaves
• freedom

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I do not agree with the number of slaves, in India alone it will amount to be 100s of millions. Hindu casteists enslave people in all walks of life, they employ them in mean, dirty and menial jobs, including household slaves. Are there anyone to fight against India's caste that enslaved hundreds of millions poor and innocent people