<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Easley, Cheryl</style></author></authors><secondary-authors></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Modern slavery: Persistence of a global ancient wrong</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Nation's Health</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2009</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2009-03-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3-3</style></pages><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">39</style></volume><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Although many Americans believe that slavery ended in this country with the close of the Civil War, it is commonly estimated that between 14,500 and 17,000 people are enslaved in this nation at present. The U.S. State Department reports that 800,000 persons, many of them women and children, are trafficked internationally each year, and as many as 27 million people are enslaved around the world.Copyright The Nation’s Health, American Public Health Association</style></abstract></record></records></xml>