Document Anti-Slavery International

One victim of slavery is identified every four days in Scotland. Slavery is said to occur when someone is forced to work through mental or physical threat of punishment, is dehumanised and treated as a commodity and denied their freedom of movement. Modern day or contemporary slavery includes hereditary slavery found predominantly in West Africa, bonded labour found predominantly in South Asia, human trafficking predominantly found in Europe, forced labour and child labour worldwide. It is estimated that over twenty million individuals are currently living in slave-like conditions around the world.

Anti-Slavery International was founded as the Anti-Slavery Society in 1839 by Thomas Clarkson and others, whose work was instrumental in the abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and the subsequent abolition of slavery in the British colonies, including America and the Caribbean. The organisation has continued the fight against slavery over the years, and has been active in 20 countries. Tragically, Anti-Slavery International marks its 175th year of operational existence in 2014 due to the fact that so many people are still enslaved today.

Local Anti-Slavery groups are wholly independent and are not affiliated with any political party. Come along and find out what they do.

http://www.antislavery.org/english/