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Although forms of slavery existed before the 1400, the 1400's marked the start of European slave trading in Africa with the Portuguese transporting people from Africa to Portugal and using them as slaves. In 1562, the British joined in on the slave trade in Africa. Spain, North America, Holland, France, Sweden, and Denmark (Agatucci) became more involved in the European slave trade.
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John Casar was the first official slave is the United States
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The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by the president Abraham Lincoln which freed all slaves in the U.S.
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The International Agreement for the Suppression of "White Slave Traffic" was signed to protect white women from being involved in white slave traffic.
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The Mann Act is passed and banned the act of transporting people across the state for prostitution.
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In 1956, India initiated the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, which persecutes the third parties involved in trafficking. These activities included running brothels, living on earnings from sex work, capturing and imprisoning people into prostitution, etc. It can be argued, however, that this Act failed to protect the women who may have been forced into prostitution.
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Benny Ong is declared the “Godfather” of human trafficking. He was a criminal who can easily smuggle illegal immigrants into the United States.
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The Polaris Project was the biggest human trafficking organization. This project was founded by two people named Derek Ellerman and Katherine Chonad.
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The Slave Next Door: Human Trafficking and Slavery in America Today is the first book published about a complete exploration of slavery in the U.S.
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President Obama declared that January would be a Human Trafficking Awareness month and specifically January 11 would be National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. He did this to try and raise awareness and cause action in our country. There were many activities and group events to show the public what was happening.
