A Crime So Monstrous

Guest Author E. Benjamin Skinner
“Modern Day Slavery”

Thursday, March 19th
9:30-10:45 a.m., Southwestern College Gymnasium

E. Benjamin Skinner, guest speaker and author of A Crime So Monstrous: Face to Face with Modern Day Slavery, spent years of reporting in such places as Haiti, Sudan, India, Eastern Europe, The Netherlands, and, even suburban America, where he has produced a vivid testament and moving reportage on one of the great evils of our time.

There are more slaves in the world today than at any time in history. After spending four years visiting a dozen countries where slavery flourishes, Skinner tells the story of individuals who live in slavery, those who have escaped from bondage, those who own or traffic in slaves, and the mixed political motives of those who seek to combat the crime. Skinner infiltrates trafficking networks and slave sales on five continents, exposing a modern flesh trade never before portrayed in such proximity. From mega-harems in Dubai to illicit brothels in Bucharest, from slave quarries in India to child markets in Haiti, he explores the underside of a world we scarcely recognize as our own and lays bare a parallel universe where human beings are bought, sold, used, and discarded.