"The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the LORD's favour...
In the past, Christians fought tirelessly against the power, pressure and arguments of vested social, philosophical and financial interests, to bring an end to the evil of legal slavery. Unfortunately,
Slavery still exists
"Never, never will we desist till we extinguish every trace of this bloody traffic, of which posterity will scarce believe that it has been suffered to exist so long a disgrace and dishonour to this country.
Modern slavery, be it people trafficking for the sex-trade, forced labour or any other practice that robs people of liberty and dignity, exists not only because bad people are doing bad things. It exists because good people are doing nothing to stop it.
Slavery is everybody's problem