Read: Chapter 1 of A Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-Face With Modern-Day Slavery by E. Benjamin Skinner
Chapter 1 Questions: The Riches of the Poor
1. Google E. Benjamin Skinner. Include at least 12 characteristics about this author.
Example:
E. Benjamin Skinner
a. Educated from....
b. et cetera
2. How does Benjamin Skinner define slavery?
3. What do you think of his definition of slavery?
4. Tell me about the HIV infection in Haiti.
5. Describe what a slave looks like in Haiti.
6. Tell me about the 1999 case in Miami, Florida (provide a few sentences in your own words). (This question is worth 2 points.)
7. What happened to the sex slave that Nicholas Kristof bought and freed?
8. When Ben Skinner got malaria, who nursed him back to health?
9. Include at least3 pages summarizing the main issues addressed in chapter 1 by Skinner. Also, include a discussion about the colonial effects of the French in Haiti.
a. You may only include examples from the book.
b. You must include citations with #9.
Epilogue: Read pages 294-295 to answer #10 (begin at "Writing to a friend" on page 294)
10. According to Skinner, what are some of the things that you can do to help alleviate the slave trade in the world? What will you do?
11. What will you do to help alleviate the problem of slavery in our world? What will you do in your personal life? Research organizations that do work to help end slavery.