Unedited and Original Raw Interviews Supriya Awasthi - FTS, South Asia Director who works on the frontlines of slavery in India and Nepal From the frontlines in Harghad, India where FTS South Asia Director recounts her first hand experience when FTS local partner, PGS, supported self-help groups of enslaved stone breakers gain their own mining lease and therefore their freedom because now they can work for themselves. More>>
Even the neighbors would tell the woman that she was mistreating Helia. The woman would reply that since she didn’t have a family, Helia was an animal, and should be treated like an animal. More>>
Charles Song - LA Attorney Helping Slaves and the Victims of Trafficking
Charles is a modern-day abolitionist. He works for the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST), a group which helps victims of trafficking get their lives back. More>>
'Miguel' [not his real name] - Enslaved in Florida Miguel wanted to work in the United States because his young son had cancer and Miguel couldn’t afford the medicine on the salary he made in Mexico. Miguel was enslaved in the orange groves of Florida. Every day Miguel was threatened with violence. More>>
Maria Suarez - Slave in LA
For almost 28 years Maria Suarez was held against her will. First by a slaveholder and then imprisoned for a crime she didn’t commit. More>> Amar Saran - Attorney Helping Slaves Before Being Appointed to the High Court of India "At times I’m really angry, at times I’m really depressed, at times I feel I’m helpless, other times I feel, 'lets try and do something'," More>>
Rose Odine - Slave in Washington, DC Area
For two and a half years Rose endured physical and emotional abuse from her captors. Some people in the community even knew of her situation and did nothing to help her. More>> Christy Elangwe - Slave in Washington, DC Area The promise of education soon turned into a nightmare. She was tricked, forced to be a domestic slave. For five years she worked without pay, seven days a week, up to 20 hours a day. More>>
Louis Etongwe - Good Samaritan Who Frees Slaves in the US
Before human trafficking and modern day slavery was splashed across the news, before the US even had laws addressing trafficking, Louis was freeing young women from slavery in the Washington, DC area. More >> Rambho Kumar - Was 11 When He Became a Slave When Rambho’s fingers bled from overwork the slave owner would dip them in oil and light a match to them. He wasn’t allowed to play or go to school. He was never allowed to visit his family or leave the loom. More>>
Lucas Benitez - Anti-slavery Leader Working in Florida
“It’s simply that slavery just shouldn’t exist anywhere in the world and to be a citizen of the world I should struggle to do something about that to end those abuses,” More>> 'Roberto' [not his real name] - Beaten by Slave Owners in Florida Roberto became an activist almost by accident. He was transporting migrant farm workers throughout the south when angry slave owners attacked the van drivers saying they were stealing their workers. More>>
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