Haiti’s child slaves

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Haiti’s children were vulnerable even before the devastating earthquake last month. Most had poor health care and little education. And many were exploited as child “restaveks,” or slaves. Marco Werman talks E. Benjamin Skinner who is the author of “A Crime So Monstrous: Face to Face with modern-day slavery”. Skinner is also a fellow at Harvard’s Carr Center for Human Rights. Download MP3

• BBC Audio slideshow: Haiti’s slave children
• A Crime So Monstrous: book info
• Carr Center for Human Rights