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The Persistence of Slavery : An Economic History of Child Trafficking in Nigeria /
"Despite efforts to abolish slavery throughout Africa in the nineteenth century, the coercive labor systems that constitute "modern slavery" have continued to the present day. To understand why, Robin Phylisia Chapdelaine explores child trafficking, pawning, and marriages in Nigeria&#...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amherst
University of Massachusetts Press
2021
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Despite efforts to abolish slavery throughout Africa in the nineteenth century, the coercive labor systems that constitute "modern slavery" have continued to the present day. To understand why, Robin Phylisia Chapdelaine explores child trafficking, pawning, and marriages in Nigeria's Bight of Biafra, and the ways in which British colonial authorities and Igbo, Ibibio, Efik, and Ijaw populations mobilized children's labor during the early twentieth century. Drawing on a wealth of primary sources that include oral interviews, British and Nigerian archival materials, newspaper holdings, and missionary and anthropological accounts, Chapdelaine argues that slavery's endurance can only be understood when we fully examine "the social economy of a child"-the broader commercial, domestic, and reproductive contexts in which children are economic vehicles. The Persistence of Slavery provides an invaluable investigation into the origins of modern slavery and early efforts to combat it, locating this practice in the political, social, and economic changes that occurred as a result of British colonialism and its lingering effects, which perpetuate child trafficking in Nigeria today" Introduction -- Politics, Social Relations and Trade in the Bight of Biafra -- Colonial Policies and Coercive Labor: Trade, Slaves and Debts -- International Consensus on the Welfare of Children, 1920s -- The Ogu Umunwaanyi (1929 Women's War) -- Child Trafficking in the Aftermath of the 1929 Women's War -- Conclusion. |
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| Notas: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (224 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9781613767733 |