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The New Abolitionists: Evangelicals Crusade Against Sex Trafficking

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By Nina Shapiro

Seattle Weekly | August 25, 2004

Freeing "sex slaves" is now at the top of the human rights agenda, thanks to Christian evangelicals, the Bush administration, and two former Washington politicians, Linda Smith and John Miller. How did the anti-trafficking crusade evolve, and is it being overhyped?

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