Trafficking in slavery's wake : law and the experience of women and children /

Trafficking in slavery's wake : law and the experience of women and children /

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Imprint:Athens : Ohio University Press, ©2012.
Description:1 online resource (264 pages)
Language:English
Series:New African histories
New African histories series.
Subject:
Child slaves -- Africa.
Women slaves -- Africa.
Slavery -- History.
Slavery -- Law and legislation.
Slave trade -- Africa -- History.
Human trafficking -- Africa.
Child slaves.
Human trafficking.
Slave trade.
Slavery.
Slavery -- Law and legislation.
Women slaves.
Africa.
Electronic books.
History.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11207573
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Other authors / contributors:Roberts, Richard L., 1949-
Lawrance, Benjamin N. (Benjamin Nicholas)
ISBN:9780821444184
0821444182
9780821420027
082142002X
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
Print version record.
Summary:Women and children have been bartered, pawned, bought, and sold within and beyond Africa for longer than records have existed. This important collection examines the ways trafficking in women and children has changed from the aftermath of the "end of slavery" in Africa from the late nineteenth century to the present. The formal abolition of the slave trade and slavery did not end the demand for servile women and children. Contemporary forms of human trafficking are deeply interwoven with their historical precursors, and scholars and activists need to be informed about the long history of trafficking in order to better assess and confront its contemporary forms. This book brings together the perspectives of leading scholars, activists, and other experts, creating a conversation that is essential for understanding the complexity of human trafficking in Africa. Human trafficking is rapidly emerging as a core human rights issue for the twenty-first century. Trafficking in Slavery's Wake is excellent reading for the researching, combating, and prosecuting of trafficking in women and children.
Other form:Print version: Trafficking in slavery's wake. Athens : Ohio University Press, ©2012 9780821420027 082142002X
Standard no.:40021501172
40021492763
Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Intro: Contextualizing Trafficking inWomen and Children in Africa; Part I: Trafficking in Colonial Africa; Trafficking and Reenslavement; "Without the Slave Trade, No Recruitment"; The End of Slavery, "Crises" overTrafficking, and the ColonialState in the French Soudan; "Under the Guise ofGuardianship and Marriage"; Sex Trafficking, Prostitution, and the Law in Colonial BritishWest Africa, 1911-43; Islamic Law and Trafficking inWomen and Children in theIndian Ocean World; Part II: Contemporary Antitraffickingin Africa and Beyond.
  • Trafficking and HumanExploitation in InternationalLaw, with Special Reference toWomen and Children in AfricaDocumenting Child Slaverywith Personal Testimony; Child-Trafficking Policymakingbetween Africa and Europe; The Story of Elsie; Ranking States; Afterword: The Paradox of Women, Children, and Slavery; Selected Bibiliography; Contributors; Index.

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