Freedom

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• REMEMBER
• the horrors of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
• the abolitionists Black, white, male, female
• the role of the Church in both slavery and
  abolition
• REFLECT
• on the consequences of the Transatlantic Slave
  Trade and slavery, e.g.
• racism
• under-development
• the impact on commerce
• RESPOND
• to legacies of slavery and the Transatlantic
  Slave Trade
• by taking action to end modern forms of slavery
• by working to effect healing and reconciliation

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Freedom quiz

• True or false? People used to take people from
  Africa and sell them as slaves to work in America
  and the Caribbean.
• True
• True or false? Some Christians believed God
  agreed with the slave trade.
• True
• True or false? Christians had nothing to do with
  the end of the slave trade.
• False

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Freedom quiz

• How many years is it since the slave trade was
  abolished?
• 200 years
• How many slaves are there inthe world today?
• More than 12 million
• How many children are trafficked each year?
• 1.2 million

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Slavery the facts

• In 1807 there were 4 million slaves. Today there
  are 12 million. (UNICEF 2003)
• An estimated 1.2 million children are trafficked
  each year. (UNICEF 2003 )
• 6-800,000 people are trafficked across
  international borders each year. (US Department
  of State Trafficking in Persons Report 2005)
• Approximately 80 per cent are women and girls.
  (US Department of State Trafficking in Persons
  Report 2005)
• Human trafficking is the third largest source of
  income in organised crime after arms and drug
  trafficking. (UN office on drugs and crime.)

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William Wilberforce

• Christian MP who lived 17591833
• Prime Minister William Pitt suggested Wilberforce
  take up the cause of abolishing slavery
• 1789 - first tried to passabolition bill
• 1807 - abolition bill wasfinally passed

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Olaudah Equiano

• Olaudah Equiano lived 17451797
• Kidnapped to be a slave at age 10
• Took 20 years to buy his freedom
• Campaigned in Britain for the abolition of slavery

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Shineys story

• Shiney had a traumatic childhood
• She was trafficked into Mumbaisred light
  district
• She was forced to work as a prostitute for nine
  years
• Jesus has transformed her life thanks to
  church-based worksupported by Tearfund

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What is Tearfund doing?

• Supporting local Christian organisations involved
  in anti-trafficking work in Bangladesh, Cambodia,
  India, Nepal, Philippines and Uganda
• Campaigning to reduce human trafficking and
  punish perpetrators
• Raising awareness of the risks of trafficking
• Caring for those exploited through trafficking

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Inspirational words

• Unless God has raised you up for this very
  thing, you will be worn out by the opposition of
  men and devils. But if God be for you, who can be
  against you?
• John Wesley, writing to Wilberforce
• What makes any event important, unless by its
  observation we become better and wiser, and learn
  to act justly, to love mercy and to walk humbly
  before God?
• Olaudah Equiano, former slave and campaigner
  against the slave trade

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Philemon

• A passionate faith
• A powerful seed
• A personal sacrifice

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What can you do?

• Use the Freedom leaflet to
• give regularly
• 17 a month could restore dignity for two
  trafficked girls every month
• pray
• campaign
• send the Stop the traffik postcard
• Micah Challenge support Blow the whistle Sunday
  20 May 2007 and hold our government
  accountable on the Millennium Development Goals

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• Thank you for helping to bring justice for those
  trapped in modern day slavery.