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abolition, 258–62; in Brazil, 123–24; in India, 196; in Mauritania, 81, 88, 94, 108–9, 112; in Pakistan, 191; working for, 263–64. See also freedom

activism, 43, 148, 231, 247–48, 258–62; for children, 43, 78, 241; in Mauritania, 82, 90, 109, 116, 120, 247–48, 254; in Thailand, 43, 78–79

Afghan workers, in Pakistan, 164–65

Africa, 9, 12, 21–22

Afro-Mauritanians, 91, 113, 116; persecution of, 89–90, 93, 94

agriculture: debt bondage and, 9, 16, 17–18, 23; in India, 196–98, 201–2, 205–23; modernization and, 221–22, 232; in Pakistan, 154

Ahmadi Muslims, Pakistan, 177

AIDS/HIV, 36, 49, 54–55, 59–60, 76

All-Pakistan Brick Kiln Owners’ Association, 162–63

Amazon, 4, 30–31

American South, 222; India parallels to, 226; Mauritania parallels to, 113–14, 119; old slavery in, 6, 10–11, 15–16, 24–25; segregation in, 6–7; slave codes in, 30

Amnesty International, 230, 247, 259, 260

ancient Egypt, slavery in, 12, 197

ancient Greece, slavery in, 12

Anderson, Bridget, 27–28

Angelou, Maya, 253

antiracist groups, British, 248

Anti-Slavery Award, 254

Anti-Slavery International (ASI), 7, 28, 247–48, 253, 258–59; addresses for, 263

antislavery organizations: in Mauritania, 90, 102–3, 109, 116, 120, 247–48, 254. See also activism; Anti-Slavery International; human rights

Antitrafficking Law (1928; Thailand), 72

apartheid, 248–49

Arabization, in Mauritania, 93–94, 113

ASI. See Anti-Slavery International

Baldev and Markhi (India), 205–11

Bandi village (India), 204–21

Bangladesh, bonded labor in, 9

barbarism, modern, 233

BBC, 144, 147

Bhutto Benazir, 191

Bilal, Mauritania, 100–103

blood ties, Pakistani, 172

bondage: history of, 197; length of, 15, 19; types of, in India, 198–99, 200

bonded labor, 23, 33; in Bangladesh, 9; in India, 9, 16–18, 219–23, 266, 286–87ni; in Nepal, 9; in Pakistan, 9, 191, 230, 233, 266. See also debt bondage

Bonded Labour Abolition Act (Pakistan), 191

Brazil, 121–48; abolition, 123–24; charcoal making in, 4, 23, 125–34, 147, 242, 266, 285; economy, 124–25; European settlement of, 123; foreign debt and, 124; government of, 125, 148; multinational corporations in, 125; new slavery in, 25, 31, 33, 232; old slavery in, 24–25

bribery, 54. See also corruption

brick kilns, in Pakistan, 152–54, 157, 161–64, 174

Brick Kiln Workers Union (Pakistan), 163

brickmaking, in Pakistan, 149–54, 185–93, 266

Brickworkers Union (Pakistan), 187–92

Britain: antiracist groups in, 248; antislavery enforcement in, 123, 250–51; domestic slaves in, 3, 26–28; Immigration Acts, 28; nineteenth-century textile industry in, 235, 238; prostitution in, 22

Britain’s Secret Slaves (Anderson), 27–28

brothels, 5; income of, 49, 54–57; in Thailand, 34–37, 40, 53–59, 73

Buddhism, in Thailand, 38–39, 62–63

Burma, 37, 247, 266; Thai prostitution and, 66–68; war slavery and, 21

business: slavery and, 142–43, 147, 238–39, 243

Cabral, Pedro Alvares, 123

CAFOD. See Catholic Agency for Overseas Development

Caldwell, Gillian, 251

capitalism, 13–14, 233

Caribbean, 3–4, 21, 25

carpet industry, child slavery in, 238, 240–41

case studies, 265–67; in Brazil (charcoal workers), 127–28, 135–39; in Britain (Laxmi Swami), 27–28; in France (Seba), 1–3; in India, 205–11 (Baldev and Markhi), 211–15 (Shivraj and Munsi), 215–17 (Leela), 225; in Mauritania (Bilal), 100–103; in Pakistan (brickworkers), 149–50, 157, 179–82; in Thailand (Siri), 34–37, 41–42, 63

caste: India, 202, 206, 218–19, 222–23; Pakistan, 172–73, 184

Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD), 259

CCEM. See French Committee against Modern Slavery

Center for the Protection of Children’s Rights (Thailand), 43, 78

Centre for Human Rights (Geneva), 275

change: in developing countries, 234; economic, 12, 232, 236, 245; social, 12–13, 77–78,121–22

charcoal camps, in Brazil, 129–34, 147, 285n5

charcoal making, in Brazil, 4, 23, 125–31, 242, 266

chattel slavery, 19–20

child labor: in Brazilian charcoal camps, 143–46; in carpet making, 225, 238, 240–41; in India, 198–99, 200, 209; in Mauritania, 112; in Pakistan brickmaking, 150–52, 154, 188

children: activism for, 43, 78, 241; in debt bondage, 150–52, 154, 188, 237; enslaved, 237, 238, 241, 254, 261, 274; as household slaves, 3, 21; in Mauritania, 86–87, 97, HI; in Pakistan, 184–85; in Rugmark Campaign, 241; in sex slavery, 39, 43, 73–74, 78–79. See also child labor

Christians, in Pakistan, 152, 162–64, 173, 177

churches, abolition role of, 261

civil order, breakdown of, 29–30

Claude, Richard Pierre, 255

cold war, end of, 13–14

commercial sex, in Thailand, 43–48, 51, 53–57, 71,75–79

compensation, in Mauritania, 113–14

Congress Party (India), 223

construction projects, Indian bonded labor in, 203–4

consumers: power of, 241; slave-produced goods and, 23–24, 239, 272

contracts: debt bondage and, 18–20; fraudulent, 17, 26–27, 31

corruption, 232; governmental, 12–14, 29–31, 32–33, 63–64, 244–47; police, 29–30, 179, 245–46, 251–52; in rehabilitation programs, 214–15, 219, 230, 257–58

CPT. See Pastoral Land Commission

credit, developing countries and, 257

Daddah, President Mokhtar ould, 92–93 debt bondage, 9, 19–20; agriculture and, 16–18, 23, 154, 196–98, 201–2, 205–23; in Brazil, 128–29; children in, 150–52, 154, 188, 237; contracts and, 18–20; in India, 9, 16–18, 195–231, 233, 266; inherited, 16–17, 152, 198, 202–3, 206–13; m Pakistan, 151–52, 155–59, 161–71, 179–83, 191 (abolition), 194; and Pakistan Brickworkers’ Revolution, 186–92; in Thailand, 18–19, 41–43, 53, 58, 62, 66; United Nations on, 167–68

Delta Chinese, in Mississippi, 226

dependence, overcoming, 256–57

devadasi prostitution, in India, 21, 199–200

developed countries, slave trade in, 266

developing countries: change in, 234; civil order in, 29–30; credit and, 257; modernization and, 12–13; slavery in, 4. See also specific countries

diet, of Indian bonded laborers, 195, 197

Dilokvidhyarat, Lae, 235

disposability: of Brazilian charcoal workers, 129; of Pakistani brickworkers, 159; of slaves, 4, 14–15, 25, 31; of Thai women, 54, 57–61

domestic slavery, r-3, 21–22, 26–28

Dominican Republic, 236, 239

Douglass, Frederick, 261–62

drought, in Mauritania, 93–94

drug trade, 24

economic growth: in Brazil, 124; in Thailand, 37, 39–40, 45, 77–78

economic pressure, against slavery, 144–45, 147, 240

economics: of farming, 220; of modern slavery, 4–6, 10–11, 31–32, 270–71

economic sanctions, 24, 33, 264

economy: Brazilian, 124–25; Mauritanian, 94–96; Thai, 39–40, 45, 52–53, 64–65, 77–78

ecosystem destruction, in Brazil, 121–22, 125

ECPAT See End Child Prostitution in Asian Tourism

education, 234–35, 257 Brazil, 145; in human rights, 255; in India, 215–17, 225; in Pakistan, 176–77, 184–85; in Thailand, 65; of women, 65, 215–17

EIA. See Environmental Investigation Agency

El Hor (Mauritania), 90, 102–3, 116, 120, 254

emancipation: process of, 7, 255–57. See also freedom

End Child Prostitution in Asian Tourism (ECPAT), 73, 79

enslavement: process, 272–73; seasonal, 25; short-term, 19, 25–26

environmental degradation: in Brazil, 121–22, 125–26; in Thailand, 77–78

Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), 242

ethnic cleansing, in Mauritania, 94

ethnic differentiation, 11, 17, 118

euphemisms, for slavery, 260

Europe: domestic slavery in, 1–3, 22, 26–28; sex slavery in, 69

European Union, 247

Falk, Richard A., 265

false contracts, 17, 26–27, 31

fauna, of Brazilian cerrado, 133

feudalism, 233, 237; in India, 199; in Pakistan, 154, 171, 174

feuds, in Pakistan, 175

firework factories, child labor in, 200

foreign aid, to Mauritania, 115–16

foreign debt: Brazilian, 124; Mauritanian, 94, 120

foreign investment, in Brazil, 144–45, 147

Foundation for Women (Thailand), 78

France: domestic slavery in, 1–3, 22; Mauritania and, 91–92, 100, 116–17, 119

free market, moral indifference of, 249

freedom: in India, 196, 224–31; in Maurtania, 107–8, 119–20; in Pakistan, 186–92. See also emancipation

freedom of assembly, 13

Free the Slaves, xii, 230, 247, 248, 258–59

French Committee against Modern Slavery (CCEM), 2

Gandhi, Mahatma, 255

Gandhi, Rajiv, 223

Gap, the, 236

GATT. See General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

Gazdar, Haris, 267

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), 236

Germany, Rugmark Campaign in, 241

Ghana, religious slaves in, 22, 31

Global Alliance against Traffic in Women, 78

Global Survival Network, 251

globalization: economic, 232, 233, 239, 242, 246; fraudulent contracts and, 26–27; materialism and, 233, 244–46; new slavery and, 9–10, 22–24, 32 post-cold war, 13–14

government: Brazilian, 125, 145–46; corruption, 12–14, 29–31, 32—33, 63–64, 244–52; honesty, 230; Indian, and rehabilitation programs, 215–19, 223–31; indifference, 252; Mauritanian, 112–17; Pakistani, 164, 194; Thai, 63–64

greed, 232, 244–45

Greider, William, 13–14, 233–34, 239, 245, 249, 28on7

growth: economic, 13, 235; of slavery, 4, 233–34

Gujral, Inder Kujmal, 223

Gulf states, 266

Haratines (Mauritania), 80, 84, 89–90, 113

Harrison, Rachel, 266, 267

Hassaniya Arabs (Mauritania). See White Moors

Hinduism, 204

HIV infection: Burmese executions and, 68; in Thailand, 18–19, 36, 42, 49, 54–60, 65, 69, 76

honesty: of Brazilian charcoal workers, 137–38; of governments, 230; of Mauritanian slaves, 106; of Pakistani brickworkers, 169; of rehabilitation administration, 230

human rights, 32; education, 255, 258; international finance and, 249; in Mauritania, 112, 120; in Pakistan, 186; post-cold war, 13–14; of workers, 148, 247, 258. See also activism

Human Rights Commission (Pakistan), 192, 247

human rights organizations, 8, 68, 78, 230, 258–60; Brazilian, 143–44; Mauritanian, 90, 102–3, 109, 116, 120, 247–48, 254; Pakistani, 163. See also activism; Amnesty International; Anti-Slavery International

Human Rights Watch, 65–66, 68, 74, 157; 247–48, 259

hyperinflation, in Brazil, 124–25

ignorance, public, 259–61

illegality: of slavery, 5, 15, 26–27; of Thai prostitution, 37, 63–64, 72–75

illiteracy, in Mauritania, 97

illness, of Pakistani brickworkers, 155, 156

ILO. See International Labour Office

IMF. See International Monetary Fund

Immigration Acts (Great Britain), 28

immigration laws (Thailand), 66–68

India: abolition in, 196; ancient slavery in, 197; “attached” labor in, 218; castes in, 202, 206, 218–19, 222–23; child labor/ slavery in, 236–37, 240; cultural diversity in, 198; debt bondage in, 9, 16–18, 195–231, 233, 266 (action against, 224–25; laws against, 217–18); devadasi women, 21, 199–200; population of, 198; rehabilitation programs in, 215–19, 223–31, 255, 258; slavery in, 4, 11, 33

Indian National Academy of Administration, 229, 257

industrialization, in Thailand, 39

industry, slave labor in, 4, 9, 23–24

inequalities, in Brazil, 124–25

Initiative for the Support of the Activities of the President (Mauritania), 115–16

interest rates, debt bondage and, in India, 203

International Court of Justice (The Hague), 249–50

International Labour Office (ILO), 8, 243

International Monetary Fund (IMF), 249–250

international opinion, on Mauritanian slavery, 88–89, 115–17

investments, 4, 21, 237, 238–39, 243, 264

Islam: fundamentalists, 116, 119; in Mauritania, 84–88, 91, 110–11; in Pakistan, 176–77

Islamic law: in Mauritania, 87, 88; in Pakistan, 178; on slavery, 85–88, no; on usury, 170

Israel, 251

Japan: enslaved prostitutes in, 11, 69–67, 251–52; investment of, in Thailand, 50–51

Jehangir, Asma, 186

Jha, Praveen, 267

Johnson, Robert A., 236

Kershaw, Ian, 244

kidnapping: in Mauritania, 109; in Thailand, 42

kleptocrats, 12–13

Koran, 86, 110

Kuwait, 11

labor: cheapest, 232, 236; fraudulent contracts and, 17, 26–27, 31. See also bonded labor; debt bondage

Laing, R. D., 61

land reform: in India, 225; in Mauritania, 113–15; in Pakistan, 154

landlords, Indian bonded labor and, 218–21

Laos, 66–68

law, Islamic, 85–88, no, 170, 178

law enforcement: antislavery, 32, 237–38, 240, 249–51; corruption in, 245; Indian, 202; Mauritanian, 109–10; Pakistani, 177–78, 186–92; Thai, 72–75. 78

laws, slavery, in Mauritania, 86

League of Nations, Slavery Convention of (1926), 275–77

Leela (India), 215–17, 254–55

living conditions: of Brazilian charcoal workers, 134–35; of Indian bonded laborers, 195–96, 203, 208–9; Mauritanian water carriers, 101–3; of Pakistani brickmakers, 155–56; of Thai sex slaves, 35

Loyola, Pureza Lopes, 253–54

lynch mobs, in Mauritania, 89–90

male slaves, in Mauritania, 84, 86, 111

marriage: bride-price and, in India, 202–3; of Pakistani bonded slaves, 158

Massaoud, Boubacar ould, 247

Mato Grosso do Sul (Brazil), 122, 126–29, 131–33, 143–45, 147–48

Mauritania, 15, 33, 80–120; abolition in, 81, 88, 94, 108–9, 112; antislavery organizations in, 90, 102–3, 109, 116, 120, 247–48, 254; chattel slavery in, 19; economy in, 94–96, 120; ethnic divisions in, 81–82; foreign debt of, 94, 120; history of, 91–94; international opinion of, 88–89, 110, 115–17; old slavery in, 232–34, 246; police state in, 80, 82–83; racial divisions in, 11; slavery laws in, 86; water carrying in, 100–106, 119–20, 266

mechanization, in Indian agriculture, 221–22

media, 144, 147

Mesopotamia, 197

migrant workers, in Pakistan, 164–65

mining, 4–5, 9, 25, 31, 125

modernization: in agriculture, 221–22, 232; in developing countries, 12–13; in India, 221–22; in Thailand, 40, 45, 64–65

Moors, Mauritanian. See White Moors

morality, of Mauritanian slaves, 106

Morrison, Toni, 253

Mukti Ashram, 255–56, 258

multinational corporations, 9–10, 13, 25, 252; Brazil and, 125, 142; slavery links of, 235–36, 242

murder: of antislavery workers, 247; in Pakistan, 176; of prostitutes, 64, 69–70; of slaves, 86, 90, 103, 246

Muslim Sheikhs (Pakistan), 152, 162–64, 173,184

Nabuco, Joaquim, 123–24

NAFTA. See North American Free Trade Agreement

National Committee for the Struggle against the Vestiges of Slavery in Mauritania, 115

National Project Construction Corporation (India), 204

Nazi Germany, 244, 246

Nepal, 9

Nestlé, 125

new slavery, 232, 242; in Brazil, 121–22, 126–31; characteristics of, 31–33, 237; global economy and, 9–10, 22–24, 32> in India, 196, 201–4; multinational links of, 235–36, 242; old slavery compared with, 5–6, 14–19, 24–25, 30; in Pakistan, 168–69, 179, 193; psychological violence in, 246; rise of, 12–22; in Thailand, 48–53

New York Times, 144, 147

N’Gadi N’di, 267

NGOs. See nongovernmental organizations

Nike, 236

Nirawan, Gampol, 267

nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), 144, 230, 247. See also Anti-Slavery International; El Hor; SOS Slaves

North Africa, 266

North America, 70–71. See also United States

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 236

Nouakchott (Mauritania), 93, 97–99, 105, 107

old slavery, 232, 233; in American South, 15–16, 24–25; in Mauritania, 80–120, 237, 246; nature of, 83–84; new slavery compared with, 5–6, 14–19, 24–25, 30, 118

organized crime, 50, 70–71

otherness, as slavery justification, 10–11

Oxfam, 259

Padrao, Luciano, 267

Pakistan, 149–94; bonded labor in, 9, 230, 233, 266; brickmaking in, 149–54, 185–93, 266; Brickworkers’ Revolution (1988) in, 186–92; feudalism vs. modernism in, 174; government of, 164, 194; human rights in, 186; politics in, 177–78; population growth in, 184; Punjab, 183–86; slavery in, 3, 11, 25, 31, 33

partition, of Pakistan, 154, 183–85

Pastoral Land Commission (CPT) (Brazil), 144–45, 148, 247–48, 254

patronage, in Pakistan, 171–74

pedophiles, 73

pension funds, 4, 238, 243, 264

peshgi system, in Pakistan, 162–63, 71, 173–74, 185–86, 188, 192–93

Philippines, 31

Pinto, Antonia, 4–5, 31

police: corruption, 29–30, 179, 245–46, 251–52; Mauritanian, 80, 82–83; Pakistani, 168, 172, 179–83, 194; slavery enforcement and, 5, 251–52; Thai prostitution and, 54, 59, 61, 63–64, 67, 72–74

Polisario Front, 93

politics, 20–21, 29, 177–78, 223

polygamy, in Thailand, 44–46, 76

population: explosion, 12, 14, 232, 234; growth, in Pakistan, 184–85; in India, 198

poverty, 11, 31–32, 234; in Brazil, 124, 126; in Mauritania, 96–97; in Thailand, 52, 71

power, in Pakistan, 171–74

profits, 4, 234, 246, 271; antislavery measures and, 238, 240; Brazilian charcoal making and, 140–42; Indian bonded labor and, 220–21; Mauritanian slaveholders and, 103–6; moral indifference and, 244, 249; new slavery and, 14, 17–18, 23, 25; Pakistan brickmaking and, 192–93; prostitution and, 29; slavery justification and, 10; Thai sex slavery and, 54–57

prostitution, 4–5, 22–23, 42; Indian devadan and, 199–200; Indian rehabilitation program and, 203, 225; physical damage of, 59–60; psychological damage of, 59, 61–62; Thai, 18, 34–79, 266–68; trafficking in, 65–66, 72

psychological violence, 246, 274

PTT Exploration and Production (Thailand), 21

Punjab (Pakistan), 183–86

race, 10–11

racism, 7, 93. See also ethnic differentiation

rain forest, Brazilian, destruction of, 121–22

recruitment, into slavery, 126–27

Red Cross, 230

reforms, Mauritanian, 119–20

refugees, 65

rehabilitation programs, 2–3; anti-corruption powers, 257–58; India, 214–19, 223–31, 255–56 (cash grants, 227–28; vigilance committees, 228–29)

relationships: slave-slaveholder, 14, 273–74; Mauritanian, 84–86, 108; Thai, 61–63

religion, 11, 21–22; in Mauritania, 85–88, no; in Pakistan, 172–74, 176–78, 194 (See also Christians, in Pakistan); slaves and, 106–8; in Thailand, 38–39, 62–63. See also Hinduism; Islam

research, 8, 257; methods, 265–74; questions, 268–74; slavery links and, 243. See also case studies

Rio de Janeiro, 132

Roman Empire, slavery in, 12

Rugmark Campaign, 240–41

Russia, slave shipments from, 251

SACCS. See South Asian Coalition on Child Servitude

Sahara, 91

sale, of slave families, in Pakistan, 158–59

sanctions: economic, 24, 33, 264; UN, 250

Saudi Arabia, slavery in, 11

Seba (France), 1–3

segregation, in American South, 6–7

Selfridges, 241

Senegalese, persecution of, 89–90

sex industry, in Thailand, 43–48, 51, 53–57,71, 75–79

sex slavery: in Europe, 69; gangs, 70; state enforcement of, 63–64, 71–72, 75; in Thailand, 34–79

sexual assault: of Mauritanian women slaves, 111; of Pakistani women brickworkers, 158–60, 175, 194

sharecropping, in India, 216–17

shareholders, exposure of, 247

Sharia: in Mauritania, 85–88, no; in Pakistan, 178. See also Islamic law

Shivraj and Munsi (India), 211–15

Singh, Pramod, 267

Siri (Thailand), 34–37, 41–42, 63, 234, 256

slave codes, in American South, 30

slave trade, in Brazil, 122–23

slave-slaveholder relations, 14, 273–74; in Mauritania, 84–86, 108; in Thailand, 61–63

slaveholders, 5, 10–11, 270; bonded labor and, 17; in Brazil, 140–43; economics and, 31–32; false contracts and, 26–27; in India, 210–11, 218–21; in Pakistan, 161–64, 174; profits of, 23–24; in Thailand, 48–53, 57

slaveholding, diffusion of, 237–38

slavery: government complicity in, 63–64, 71; preconditions for, 31–32; reality of, 259–61. See also new slavery; old slavery

Slavery Convention of the League of Nations (1926), 275–76

slaves: defined, 279–80n4; estimated numbers of, 8–9; self-help by, 253, 254–57

social change, 13

social chaos, 232; in Brazil, 121–22; in Pakistan, 175–78; in Thailand, 77–78

social consent, 245

SOS Slaves (Mauritania), 90, 109, 116, 120, 247–48, 254

South. See American South

South America, 9, 266. See also Brazil

South Asian Coalition on Child Servitude (SACCS), 255

Southeast Asia: slavery in, 9, 12. See also Thailand

state violence, in developing countries, 29–30

steel industry, indirect slave labor in, 23, 125–26

subsistence: of Indian bonded labor, 207–8; of slaves, 17

Sudan, kidnappings in, 33

Supplementary Convention on the AbolItion of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery (1956), 276

sustainable freedom, in Mauritania, 120

Swami, Laxmi (Britain), 27–28

Task Force to End Child Sexploitation, 79

Taya, President Maawiya Sid’Ahmed ould, 94, 112

tea, bonded workers and, in India, 198

Thailand: debt bondage in, 18–19, 41–3, 53, 58, 62, 66; economy in, 39–40, 45, 52–53, 64–65, 77–78; foreign prostitutes in, 66–67; girk as commodities in, 38–42; HIV/AIDS in, 54–55, 59–60, 76; industrialization in, 39, 65; legislation in, 73–74; natural resources in, 37–38; new slavery in, 232; prostitution in, 18, 25, 28–29, 34–79, 266 (numbers, 43; research methods, 267–68); sex industry in, 43–48, 51, 53–57, 71, 75–79; slavery in, 11, 33; social structure in, 44–45

torture, in Pakistan, 158, 179

Total, 21

tourism, sex industry and, 75–77

trade, moral values and, 249–52

traditional societies, erosion of, 13

trafficking: in prostitution, 65–66, 72; in slaves, 250–52; in women, 283n22

training, 255–56

transfer market, Pakistani brickworkers and, 170

trickery: in debt bondage, 168; false contracts as, 17, 20, 26–27, 31; into prostItution, 42, 62, 65–66, 69; into slavery, in Brazil, 126–28, 137

Ukraine, slave shipments from, 251

UNICEF. See United Nations Children’s Fund

United Nations (UN), 7, 32–33, 68, 243, 247, 250–53, 260; on debt bondage, 167–68; on Mauritanian slavery, 116; on murder of Afro-Mauritanians, 90; Supplemental Convention on the Abolition of Slavery (1956), 168

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), 200, 241, 259

United States: child labor controversy in, 236; Drug Enforcement Agency, 251; Mauritania and, 116–17, 118–19; Prostitution in, 22, 70; slavery in, 3, 9, 22. See also American South

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), 276

Unocal, 21

urbanization, in Mauritania, 93, 97–100

Uttar Pradesh (India), 199, 201–4, 225–28, 286–87nI

violence, 232; government-sponsored, 89–90; in Pakistan (debt bondage and, 157–58, 164, 168, 179; political, 177; religious intolerance and, 176–78; society and, 174, 175–78); prostitution enforcement and, 41, 58–59, 69–70; psychological, 246; slavery enforcement and, 5, 17, 19–20, 30, 234, 245–47, 274 (in Brazil, 138–39; in India, 199; in Mauritania, 88, 89–90)

vocational rehabilitation, 255–56

Volkswagen, 125

voting rights, in India, 223

war slavery, 20–21

water carrying, in Mauritania, 100–106, 119–20, 266

White Moors: in Mauritania, 80–81, 84–89, 92–93, 96–97, 102, 112–15; racism of, 119

women: in Brazilian charcoal camps, 144–45; in India (as bonded laborers, 209; in government programs, 215–18; in self-help organizations, 215–17); as Mauritanian slaves, 84, 86–87, 111–12; in Pakistan (at brick kilns, 159–60, 188; violence toward, 158–60, 175, 194); powerlessness of, 111; trafficking in, 283n22

working conditions: at Brazilian charcoal camps, 130–31; of Indian child labor, 200; of Mauritanian water carriers, 101–2; of Pakistani brickmakers, 149–50, 155–56, 159; of Thai sex slaves, 34–37

World Bank, 24

World Trade Organization (WTO), 249, 250, 252

Yin, Robert K., 266