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Kevin Bales | |
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 Bales at Chatham House in 2013 | |
| Born | February 9, 1952 |
| Education | University of Oklahoma (BA) University of Mississippi (MA) London School of Economics (MSc, PhD) |
| Known for | Bales is a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Anti-slavery |
| Thesis | Early innovations in social research: the Poverty Survey of Charles Booth (1994) |
Kevin Brian Bales CMG (born 1952)[citation needed] is Professor of Contemporary Slavery at the University of Nottingham, co-author of the Global Slavery Index, and was a co-founder and previously president of Free the Slaves, the US sister organization of Anti-Slavery International.[1]
- ^ Hochschild, Adam Bury the Chains: The British Struggle to Abolish Slavery, London:Pan, 2006.