The Historical Roots of Human Trafficking

Part I: Market Dynamics of Human Trafficking. .- Chapter 1.  Introduction to Market Dynamics of Human Trafficking - Makini Chisolm-Straker and Katherine Chon.- Chapter 2. Capitalism, Colonialism, and Imperialism: Roots for Present-Day Trafficking - Gonzalo Martínez de Vedia.- Chapter 3.  Manufacturing Freedom - Luis C. deBaca.- Chapter 4. Invisibility, Forced Labor, and Domestic Work - Ai-jen Poo and Natalicia Tracy.- Chapter 5. Modern-Day Comfort Stations: Human Trafficking in the U.S. Illicit Massage Industry - Chris Muller-Tabanera and Beisi Huang.- Chapter 6.  Forced Labor in the U.S. Construction Industry - Aaron Halegua and Katherine Chin.- Part II: Governmental and Non-Governmental Public Systems. .- Chapter 7. Introduction to Governmental and Non-Governmental Public Systems - Makini Chisolm-Straker and Katherine Chon.- Chapter 8. Addressing Modern Slavery in Global Supply Chains: The Role of Businesses - Jean Baderschneider and Alison Kiehl Friedman.- Chapter 9.  Immigration, Precarity, and Human Trafficking: Histories and Legacies of Asian American Racial Exclusion in the United States - John Cheng and Kimberly Chang   .- Chapter 10. The Development of U.S. Anti-Slavery Law: A Historical Review - Luis C. deBaca and Griffin Thomas Black.- Chapter 11.  Systemic and Structural Roots of Child Sex Trafficking: The Role of Gender, Race, and Sexual Orientation in Disproportionate Victimization - Erin Williamson and Aria Flood.- Chapter 12.  The Long History of Child-Saving as Nation Building in the United States: An Argument for Privileging Children's Perspectives on Recovery - Anna Mae Duane  .- Chapter 13.  The Complexities of Complex Trauma: An Historical and Contemporary Review of Healing in the Aftermath of Commercialized Violence - Kate Keisel.- Chapter 14.  Historical Context Matters: Health Research, Health Care, and Bodies of Color in the United States - Makini Chisolm-Straker.- Chapter 15. Health

Makini Chisolm-Straker, MD, MPH has served in the anti-trafficking field for over 15 years. She conducts original public health research about human trafficking; for example, Dr. Chisolm-Straker collaborated with Covenant House New Jersey to develop the first validated, labor and sex trafficking screening tool (for use among young adults experiencing homelessness). Dr. Chisolm-Straker educates clinicians on how to serve this patient population and advises and collaborates with policymakers on ethical, inclusive, person-centered anti-trafficking prevention and intervention efforts. She served on the S.O.A.R. initiative of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to develop a comprehensive, introductory educational program for healthcare practitioners serving patients with trafficking experience. Dr. Chisolm-Straker is interested in how primary prevention rooted in history and understanding of systems and intersectionality of experiences lead to effective anti-trafficking action. Dr. Chisolm-Straker earned her Medical Doctorate and Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and her Master of Public Health with a Certificate in Public Health and Humanitarian Aid from Columbia University in New York City.
Katherine Chon, MPA is a Bloomberg American Health Initiative Fellow at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, in Baltimore, Maryland, focused on violence prevention based on eighteen years of experience developing organizations and shaping strategies to combat human trafficking.  Ms. Chon is the founding director of the Office on Trafficking in Persons at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), strengthening the Nation's public health response to human trafficking through data-driven policies, programs, and primary prevention.  She is the federal executive officer of the National Advisory Committee on the Sex Trafficking of Childrenand Youth in the United States and