The Hunt for Slave Outposts in the Amazon. Andrew Downie.
by Downie, Andrew; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 60Human Relations. Publisher: Christian Science Monitor, 2004ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Amazon River Region | Brazil -- Politics and government | Exploitation | Human rights -- Brazil | Ranchers | Slave labor | Slaveholders | Slavery -- BrazilDDC classification: 050 Summary: "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.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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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.
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