Library Research

Aguilar, Stephen. "Global Crime Case: The Modern Slave Trade" http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdf?vid=10&hid=22&sid=0e3e1bbb-f0f9-4b9d-aee8-42fdfe4fc864%40SRCSM1

This article gives a broad analysis of human trafficking in general. It gives numbers and data including how much China makes per year off of the human slave trade. It also gives examples of what types of work slaves are usually involved in including concubines, farming, factories, or domestic slavery.

"Many trafficked victims fall into some form of human
slavery — serving as sex, farm, factory, or domestic
slaves. In many cases, the victims are young children
who have been sold into slavery by family members desperately
in need of money. Globally, it is estimated that
some 27 million people are being held as slaves in an industry
that may generate as much as $32 billion a year,
according to International Labour Organization estimates." (pp 3)

I plan on using this article in my introduction just to give a little depth to the issue at hand.


Tiefenbrun, Susan. "Child Soldiers, Slavery and the Trafficking of Children." http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic/auth/checkbrowser.do?ipcounter=1&cookieState=0&rand=0.7309805434606422&bhcp=1. Section C: Changes in Family and Ethical Values.

"In many countries children are devalued in the family and in society at large. Children do not occupy the center of the life of the family. They do not represent a precious hope for the future. In some countries children are considered less than human, expendable, invisible, especially in the midst of an overwhelming cult of death and martyrdom that developed during the Iran-Iraq War and continues today in many parts of the world." (Tiefenbrun)

I think that this article doesnt really apply to my specific topic focusing on child slavery in Asia, however i couldn't help but notice this direct quote. It explains just how burdensome it is to be a child in today's society. They are even thought of as "less than human" in some countries! It has became an overwhelming responsibility for children in underdeveloped countries to become main providers for their families, and still seem to get no respect. I could definately use this quote to appeal to the bathos of the audience.