Disposable People was a very interesting read. The book discusses modern day slavery and the conditions surrounding modern day slavery. Kevin Bales proves that the end of legal slavery did not end slavery. He states, “There are more slaves alive today than all the people stolen from Africa in the time of the transatlantic slave trade.” Bales proves his point by traveling around the world and gathering research. He talks to anthropologist, economists, and victims of modern slavery. In Disposable People, Bales covers five forms of modern slavery in five different countries. He covers the female sex trade in Thailand, racial slavery in Mauritania, work camps that produce coal in Brazil, workers in debt bondage at the brick kiln in Pakistan, and
