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In describing what bales called the new slavery he cites several explanations pp. Kevin brian bales cmg born 1952 is professor of contemporary slavery at the university of nottingham, coauthor of the global slavery index, and was a cofounder and previously president of free the slaves. Disposable people by kevin bales paperback university of. Books by author kevin bales on modern slavery, trafficking. He was cofounder of the ngo free the slaves, the us sister organization of antislavery international.
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