Photo Library
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History 6 Bennington
This advertisement for the screening of “Traffic in Souls” appeared in a Bennington, Vt., newspaper. The national distribution of this film helped to raise public awareness and support for efforts to combat human trafficking.
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History 5 Rockefeller
A newspaper account in the San Francisco Call details John D. Rockefeller’s work with the grand jury investigating white slavery. Motion pictures like “Traffic in Souls” claimed to be based on the grand jury’s report.
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History 4 Caminetti
Commissioner General of Immigration Anthony Caminetti extended Kate Waller Barrett’s appointment as special agent to revise policy and procedures relating to female detainees. Barrett’s involvement resulted in new job titles and more responsibilities for some female employees. (Photo: Library of Congress)
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History 3 KWB photo
Kate Waller Barrett had an international reputation for her work on behalf of exploited women and girls when she was named as special agent of the U.S. Bureau of Immigration. She continued in the roles of president of both the Crittenton Mission and National Council of Women while serving the bureau.
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History 2 Secretary Wilson
Labor Secretary William B. Wilson sent Kate Waller Barrett to Europe on a fact-finding mission and to confer with other governments and charitable organizations on behalf of the U.S. Bureau of Immigration. (Photo: Library of Congress)
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History 1 Book Image
Prosecutor Clifford Roe penned a series of books that outlined the evils of human trafficking. In “The Great War on White Slavery,” he estimated that 60,000 females were victims of trafficking in a single year.
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Main Drainage 5
A Border Patrol agents looks through the steel security grates in a Nogales drainage tunnel.