by Terry FitzPatrick | Feb 21, 2018 | Become an Abolitionist, Slavery in the News, Students Ending Slavery, Thought Leadership
February marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Douglass, one of history’s great abolitionists. At Free the Slaves, we’re proud to follow his footsteps and finish the work he helped start generations ago. Douglass was born into slavery in Maryland – the...
by Terry FitzPatrick | May 22, 2017 | Advocacy, Take Action, Thought Leadership
This week has been designated as Combating Human Trafficking and Child Protection Week in the U.S. House of Representatives. A good time for a situation update on the state of play for America’s most critical human trafficking legislation. Trafficking Victims...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Oct 18, 2013 | Take Action
Millions of Americans will soon see the poignant story of a man who was ripped from his family in the 1800s and brutalized by a vicious slaveholder before finally breaking free. It’s important to remember that the events depicted in 12 Years a Slave are still...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Feb 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
These days, we’re used to the image of Abraham Lincoln sitting in a marble chair – at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. But another Lincoln chair is about to capture the public’s attention. It’s the bentwood Hickory chair that Lincoln was sitting in when he...
by Free the Slaves | Aug 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
Sina Vann walks into her worst nightmare every day. For more than two years she was tortured and raped as a sex slave in Phnom Penh. She now goes back to the brothels to help sex slaves escape, and to provide health advice for those unable to break free. Last year,...
