The Anti-Slavery Project: From the Slave Trade to Human Trafficking

by Joel Quirk

Book Overview

It is commonly assumed that slavery came to an end in the nineteenth century. While slavery in the Americas officially ended in 1888, millions of slaves remained in bondage across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East well into the first half of the twentieth century. Wherever laws against slavery were introduced, governments found ways of continuing similar forms of coercion and exploitation, such as forced, bonded, and indentured labor. Every country...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812223241
• ISBN13: 9780812223248
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.9"