My Stone of Hope: From Haitian Slave Child to Abolitionist

by Jean-Robert Cadet and Jim Luken

Book Overview

There are 27 million slaves living in the world today--more than at any time in history. Three hundred thousand of them are impoverished children in Haiti, who "stay with" families as unpaid and uneducated domestic workers, subject to physical, emotional, and sexual abuse. This practice, known locally as restavek ("staying with"), is so widespread that one in ten Haitian children is caught up in this form of slavery.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292729294
• ISBN13: 9780292729292
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 293 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.4"