Slavery did not end 200 years ago. There are 27 million slaves in the world today – poor and vulnerable people who are owned, bonded or trafficked – children, women, men, child soldiers, sex slaves, debt slaves.

Roscoe Howell is the author of ‘Australians and modern slavery’ and he is on a speaking tour raising awaremness of slavery as it exists in the world today and how Australians can do their bit to help end it.