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Modern Day Slavery Resources

The Global Slavery Index: http://www.globalslaveryindex.org/findings/

Statistics:  http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/category/the-facts/the-number/

Slavery's Footprint: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2011/09/22/cfp-slavery-footprint-app-dillon.cnn

Nobel Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi fights slavery in India:  
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/13/kailash-satyarthi-tireless-accessible-nobel-laureate

TED Talk by Nobel Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi-  "How did a young man born into a high caste in India come to free 83,000 children from slavery?" : 
https://www.ted.com/talks/kailash_satyarthi_how_to_make_peace_get_angry?language=en

Slavery in Ivory Coast:

Article: http://www.foodispower.org/slavery-chocolate/

Documentary- The Dark Side of Chocolate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Vfbv6hNeng

Child slavery in Ivory Coast: All too easy to find 
 http:/thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/19/child-slavery-and-chocolate-all-too-easy-to-find/

The Human Cost of Chocolate: http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/16/chocolate-explainer/

Admitting Child Slavery exists in Ivory Coast:
http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/16/chocolate-explainer/

Child Slavery in Ivory Coast: http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/19/child-slavery-and-chocolate-all-too-easy-to-find/

Slavery in Mauritania:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yQlOPD8mNo

http://www.globalslaveryindex.org/country/mauritania/

http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/16530

http://www.theinternational.org/articles/530-freeing-mauritanias-slaves

Modern Abolitionist Efforts:
AntiSlavery.com:  http://www.antislavery.org/english/campaigns/cocoa_traders/default.aspx

Free the Slaves:  https://www.freetheslaves.net/sslpage.aspx?pid=341

Slave Free Chocolate:  http://www.slavefreechocolate.org/

How to Help:  http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/17/how-to-help-slavery-in-the-supply-chain-2/

Modern Day Abolitionist - Part I James Kofi Anan:  http://vimeo.com/38874803
                                             - Part II James Kofi Anan: http://vimeo.com/16664222