Resources on Modern Slavery

In conversation with the movie

Amazing Grace

(2007, Directed by Michael Apted)

There are a good many reviews out there. Mine is at this link: http://www.mbherald.com/46/05/movies.en.html

Discussion Guides

The Amazing Change http://theamazingchange.com/documents/AmazingGraceFaithDiscussionPoints_000.pdf

Damaris Resources http://www.damaris.org/content/content.php?type=1&id=381

Youth Film Project Discussion Guide http://www.youthfilmproject.org/AmazingGraceGuide.pdf.pdf

Sojourners discussion guide (for purchase) http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=resources.discussion_guides

Organizations

The Amazing Change http://theamazingchange.com/

Free the Slaves http://www.freetheslaves.net/

Stop the Traffik http://www.stopthetraffik.org/default.aspx

Anti-Slavery International http://www.antislavery.org/index.htm

Set All Free http://www.setallfree.net/

Information & Resources

Wilberforce Central http://www.wilberforcecentral.org/wfc/index.htm

Traficking in Persons Report 2006 http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2006/

The Amazing Change http://theamazingchange.com/tn_resources.html

Christianity Today Special Section on Amazing Grace, Wilberforce, and modern slavery: http://www.christianitytoday.com/movies/special/amazinggrace.html

Wikipedia Articles: William Wilberforce; Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade; Clapham Sect.

Books

Kevin Bales, Disposable People: New Slavery in a Global Economy. 2nd edition. University of California Press, 2005.

Kevin Bales, editor. Understanding Global Slavery: A Reader. University of California Press, 2005.

David Batstone. Not For Sale: The Return of the Global Slave Trade—And How We Can Fight It. HarperCollins, 2007.

David Brion Davis. Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World. Oxford University Press, 2006.

Zach Hunter. Be the Change: Your Guide to Freeing Slaves and Changing the World. HarperCollins/Zondervan, 2007.