A Brief History of SlaveryA thought provoking and important book that raises essential issues crucial not only for understanding our past but also the present day. In this panoramic history, Jeremy Black tells how slavery was first developed in the ancient world, and reaches all the way to the present in the form of contemporary crimes such as trafficking and bonded labour. He shows how slavery has taken many forms throughout history and across the world from the uprising of

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Believing they were going to work in a factory for a few months

Doing the right thing should seem obvious but as the lies multiply the truth is not as straightforward as it seems

All worlds end

Having been a preacher's wife in the South for more than twenty years

and even his family

the bestselling author of Me Before You and two-time winner of the RNA Novel of the Year award

Alan Moore

a medical examiner

he reflects on months of fratricidal conflict in his embattled country

He wants his money back