Modern day slavery

Rebecca Fricker writes about one aspect of modern slavery – female slavery in the UK today

by Rebecca Fricker 14th August 2015

‘Slavery and Liberation’ was the theme of the North East Thames Area Meeting All Age Gathering held in April. The weekend covered the history, current situation and role of the Quakers in slavery and was led by Quaker, and co-founder of charity Free the Slaves, Kevin Bales. During the weekend Kevin mentioned that further research was needed into how slavery affects women. I was intrigued by this and decided to carry out some very informal research on female slaves in the UK.