Description: Since the beginning of civilization there have been slaves. Men and women, young and old, black and white -- from China to Brazil and everywhere in between -- millions have been enslaved. In fact, even you could have been a slave, if you had been born in the wrong place and time. In Ancient Babylon, you might have been enslaved as punishment for a crime. In Africa, you might have been sold into slavery in the New World. In Greece, you could have been kidnapped by pirates and then auctioned off as a slave. In England, your parents might have sold you into slavery to pay off a debt. In China, if your parents were slaves, so were you, Today in Pakistan, you could be forced, along with thousands of other children, to stitch together soccer balls for twelve hours a day.

Whatever path led to slavery, it is a difficult part of our global human history -- and one that still exists in some countries. Richard Watkins traces the countless journeys and trials of slaves around the world and throughout time. Watkins not only chronicles the terrible legacy of human oppression, he also champions those who fought against it and helped shape slave-free nations for future generations to inherit.

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