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Downie, Andrew,

The Hunt for Slave Outposts in the Amazon. Andrew Downie. - Christian Science Monitor, 2004. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Article 60, Human Relations, 1522-3248; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Originally Published: The Hunt for Slave Outposts in the Amazon, Sept. 7, 2004; pp. n.p..

"According to the Brazilian government, as many as 40,000 slaves--the majority of them poor, uneducated, and unskilled--are currently laboring under brutal conditions. Many are lured to the rain forest by ranchers--with the false promise of princely wages--to clear the trees. Once here, they have neither the money nor the means to leave." (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) This article examines how the Brazilian government is attempting to eradicate modern-day slavery in the Amazon.

1522-3248;


Exploitation
Human rights--Brazil
Ranchers
Slave labor
Slaveholders
Slavery--Brazil


Amazon River Region
Brazil--Politics and government

AC1.S5

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