Anne Hutchings

Forget 'Uncle Tom'sCabin' and cute stories about how slaves lived. This book about slavery, dispels the myth that slaves were well treated; comely maidens and their male counterparts eventually gained their freedom. No! Slavery is for Life! Kevin Bales book "Blood and Earth' dispels any beliefs that slaves were and are well treated and eventually freed. The freedom from slavery was and is death. As the history of slavery has dwelt mostly on the traffic of Africans to America and Caribbean islands one tends not to know of the many thousands of fellow humans owned by an individual and more worryingly the problem is global. Human trafficking has no rules; mainly the poorest people, including children whose lives are spent toiling in atrocious and life threatening conditions with no respite or loving care. I thoroughly recommend this book. You may then count your lucky stars to be where you are.