Trafficking in slavery's wake : law and the experience of women and children / edited by Benjamin N. Lawrance and Richard L. Roberts.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lawrance, Benjamin N. (Benjamin Nicholas)

Roberts, Richard L., 1949-

Series:

New African histories series

New African histories

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human trafficking--Africa.

Human trafficking.

Slave trade--Africa--History.

Slave trade.

Slavery--Law and legislation.

Slavery.

Slavery--History.

Enslaved women--Africa.

Enslaved women.

Enslaved children--Africa.

Enslaved children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens : Ohio University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

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 his

Contents:

Preface; Intro: Contextualizing Trafficking in Women and Children in Africa; Part I: Trafficking in Colonial Africa; Trafficking and Reenslavement; "Without the Slave Trade,No Recruitment"; The End of Slavery, "Crises" over Trafficking, and the Colonial State in the French Soudan; "Under the Guise of Guardianship and Marriage"; Sex Trafficking, Prostitution,and the Law in Colonial British West Africa, 1911-43; Islamic Law and Trafficking in Women and Children in the Indian Ocean World; Part II: Contemporary Antitrafficking in Africa and Beyond

Trafficking and Human Exploitation in International Law, with Special Reference to Women and Children in Africa Documenting Child Slavery with Personal Testimony; Child-Trafficking Policymaking between Africa and Europe; The Story of Elsie; Ranking States; Afterword: The Paradox of Women, Children,and Slavery; Selected Bibliography; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780821444184

0821444182

OCLC:

884016766