A North Carolina woman was held as a sex slave and repeatedly beaten and tortured in front of her two children. The suspects, Thomas Antoine Miller and Shakeeta Lasha Adams, then allegedly physically and mentally punished the woman if she did not meet certain financial quotas. Miller and Adams were arrested for their involvement in the case. Miller, 26, was charged with human trafficking of an adult victim, sexual servitude of an adult victim, assault by strangulation, assault on a child under 12, assault on a female and communicating threats, according to the Charlotte Observer. Adams, 25, was charged with simple assault and is free on bail pending trial. Our victim has been very brave in coming forward and we hope that if there are more victims out there, then they too will be inspired to come forward.

About five of them did the same thing to me until one of the commanders who knew my father came and stopped them, but also took me to his house to make me his wife. I just accepted him because of fear and didn't want to say no because he might do the same thing to me too. This story shows how vulnerable girls are in armed conflict. Actually, they can be affected by war in five different ways.

Classical Islamic law allowed men to have sexual intercourse with their female slaves. Many female slaves became concubines to their owners and bore their children. Others were just used for sex before being transferred. The allowance for men to use contraception with female slaves assisted in thwarting unwanted pregnancies.