Editing The Salvation Army (section)

=== Safeguarding Work ===
The involvement of the Salvation Army in work to combat [[slavery]] and [[human trafficking]] can be traced back to William Booth publishing a letter in ''The War Cry'' in 1885.<ref>{{cite web |title=William Booth on Trafficking |url=http://www.florenceboothhouse.com/?page_id=16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030210028/http://florenceboothhouse.com/?page_id=16 |archive-date=30 October 2017 |access-date=13 April 2018 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> The same year an escapee from a prostitution house arrived at the door of the Salvation Army headquarters and sought help from Bramwell Booth.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of the Salvation Armys provision of services |url=http://www.florenceboothhouse.com/?page_id=16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030210028/http://florenceboothhouse.com/?page_id=16 |archive-date=30 October 2017 |access-date=13 April 2018 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

An early precursor to the Salvation Army becoming involved in [[safeguarding]] work was [[Catherine Booth]] writing to [[Queen Victoria]] regarding a Parliamentary bill for the protection of girls.<ref>{{cite web |title=Personal papers |url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/lists/gb-2133-sa.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090307182430/http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/lists/gb-2133-sa.htm |archive-date=7 March 2009 |access-date=23 February 2009 |publisher=The National Archives, UK}}</ref> Safeguarding legislation was strengthened by a new act of Parliament, the "Public General Act, an Act to make further provision for the protection of women and girls, the suppression of brothels, and other purposes, (otherwise known as the [[Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885]])", which received Royal Assent on 14 August 1885<ref>{{cite web |title=Parliamentary Archives Helpdesk |url=http://www.parliament.uk/archives |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160727195342/http://www.parliament.uk/archives |archive-date=27 July 2016 |access-date=29 March 2018}}</ref> The Salvation Army was involved in getting this Act passed.<ref>{{cite web |title=Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 |url=https://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/international-heritage-centre |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713074751/https://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/international-heritage-centre |archive-date=13 July 2017 |access-date=13 March 2018}}</ref> Its work included a petition (numbering 340,000 signatures, deposited on the floor of the House of Commons by eight uniformed Salvationists),<ref>{{Cite book |last=Coutts |first=John |title=The Salvationists |publisher=A R Mowbray & Co Ltd |year=1977 |isbn=0-264-66071-4 |location=Oxford, England |pages=84}}</ref> mass meetings, and an investigation into child prostitution. W.T. Stead of ''[[The Pall Mall Gazette]]'' launched a campaign in 1885 by writing articles on ''The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon'' to expose the extent of child prostitution,{{r|Salvationists|p=84}} which involved procuring a girl, Eliza, for £5. She was cared for by the Army, taken to France, and subsequently testified as a key witness at the trial of Stead and Rebecca Jarrett (the prostitute who had arranged the "sale" of Eliza) at Bow Street. Both were sentenced to six months in prison.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

The newly founded Salvation Army in Japan also encountered child prostitution, derived from a system of ''Debt Bondage''. An imperial ordinance (written in classical Japanese which few could understand) declared the girls' right to freedom; the pioneer Salvationist Gunpei Yamamuro rewrote it in colloquial speech.{{r|Salvationists|p=86}} His wife Kiye took charge of a girls' home to provide accommodation for any girl wishing to give up prostitution. An imperial ordinance passed on 2 October 1900 stated that any woman who wished to give up prostitution only had to go to the nearest police station and ask.{{cn|date=October 2024}}