Archive by Category | slavery

Terrify No More

Terrify No More, by IJM founder and president, Gary Haugen with Gregg Hunter is the compelling true account of IJM's courageous and heroic undercover rescue of young girls held as slaves in a brothel in Cambodia.  I am not ...

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International Justice Mission

International Justice Mission is a Christian organization and, as stated on their website, "a human rights agency that secures justice for victims of slavery, sexual exploitation and other forms of violent oppression. IJM ...

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Not For Sale

After reading about William Wilberforce, I became aware of the book, Not For Sale, by David Batstone.  This book deals with modern-day slavery, or as the subtitle puts it, The Return of the Global Slave Trade - and How We Can ...

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William Wilberforce

Amazing Grace, by Eric Metaxas, is a wonderful book on the life of William Wilberforce, a man who spent most of his life working to overthrow the African slave trade and, ultimately, the practice of slavery in the British ...

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Amazing Grace

So how did I become aware of  modern-day slavery?  My journey actually began with someone who fought against slavery in Great Britain from about 1787 until his death in 1833.  His name is William Wilberforce.  I had heard of ...

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What? Really? Slavery Still Exists? So What Can I Do About It?

When I first found out that slavery is still going on today, I was shocked.  I thought it ended over a hundred years ago.  Then, when I started reading books about modern-day slavery, not only was I shocked, I was and still ...

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A Heart for Justice in the Fight for Justice

My hope for this blog is that it will be a tool to bring awareness to others of the injustice of modern-day slavery and human trafficking.  I am not at all gifted at writing, so please bear with me, but I feel that I must be ...

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