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Grade 10: Slavery

The Root Causes of Sudan's Civil Wars

Douglas Hamilton Johnson

Examines the root causes of over twenty years of civil war in the Sudan, the confrontation between culture defined by blood-lines, the economic and political patterns that have affected the developmen

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Inside Sudan

Donald Petterson

Examines the political atmosphere of the Sudan, its record of human-rights abuses and terrorism, and provides insight to the experiences of Americans in Khartoum.

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Slavery Today

Kaye Stearman

Explains the nature of slavery and examines the existence of forced labor in the modern world, discussing such topics as child workers, migrant workers, and trafficking in people.

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Slave

Mende Nazer

The author provides an account of her experiences after being kidnapped from her Nuba village in 1993 by Arab raiders when she was twelve years old and sold into slavery, and discusses how she was abl

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Listen to Us-- the World's Working Children

Jane Springer

Introduction to child labor describes the history of working children, focusing on the most exploitative and hazardous work that children do.

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Disposable People

Kevin Bales

Investigates the resurgence of slavery in countries around the world, discussing the nature of the new slavery, and exposing the economic conditions that make slaveholding possible.

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Escape From Slavery

Francis Bok

Francis Bok describes his experiences after being kidnapped in 1986 at age seven from his village in southern Sudan and taken to live as a slave for wealthy Muslim farmers, and tells about his escape

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Sudan

Lawrence J. Zwier

Examines the history of Sudan's ethnic conflict and its continuing effect on the people of that country.

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Slavery Throughout History. Primary Sources

Including a timeline, this book features twenty full or excerpted documents pertaining to the institution of slavery, from the Code of Hammurabi in ancient times to the rise of child laborers and sex

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New Slavery

Kevin Bales

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