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Slavery: From Public Crime To Private Wrong, Alison Brysk
Slavery: From Public Crime To Private Wrong, Alison Brysk
Human Rights & Human Welfare
The fight against slavery was the first international human rights movement, and the elimination of legalized bondage represented a hallmark of Western civilization. But the persistence and revival of this ancient evil shows that in an era of globalization, a prohibited public crime has morphed into a massive private wrong.