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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Chapdelaine, Robin Phylisia (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 2021.
Series:Childhoods: interdisciplinary perspectives on children and youth.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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