Answer the following questions with one to two concise sentences USING YOUR OWN WORDS. If you find yourself copying the language of the author, you may not understand the material thoroughly yet. Reread the relevant passages carefully or contact us to ask questions.

Question 6, however, deserves at least a paragraph in response.

1) What economic changes have made it less expensive for slaveholders to avoid legal ownership of their slaves and (more importantly) why?

2) Why is the new slavery more profitable for slaveholders now than was slavery for American or Brazilian slaveowners in the nineteenth century?

3) Why does race place a much diminished role in the new slavery as compared to the old, and how does this change make slaves less expensive now than they were in the American South before 1860?

4) How and why do local police assist the forced transition from traditional peasant farming to industrial production tied to the world economy?

5) In what ways are we as consumers in America deeply involved in the new slavery?

6) On pages 8 - 9, the author (conservatively) estimates that there are 27 million slaves in the world today -- a number roughly in line with official United Nations estimates. What, in your opinion, might explain why there is so little public discussion of contemporary slavery, particulary given the significant attention devoted to the 14 million enslaved Africans transported during the era of transatlantic slave trade.

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