The anti-slavery project : from the slave trade to human trafficking / Joel Quirk

Englisch

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2011

Online-Ressource (viii, 332 p)

Includes bibliographical references and index

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

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""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction: The Anti-Slavery Project""; ""PART I: THE BRITISH EMPIRE AND THE LEGAL ABOLITION OF SLAVERY""; ""1. A Short History of British Anti-Slavery""; ""2. British Anti-Slavery and European International Society""; ""3. British Anti-Slavery and European Colonialism""; ""PART II: LINKING THE HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY""; ""4. The Limits of Legal Abolition""; ""5. Defining Slavery in All Its Forms""; ""PART III: CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF SLAVERY""; ""6. "Classical" Slavery and Descent-Based Discrimination""; ""7. Slaves to Debt""; ""8. Trafficked into Slavery""

""Conclusion: Contemporary Slavery in the Shadow of History""""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""; ""Acknowledgments""

*Abolitionists -- Great Britain -- History ; Slavery ; Peonage ; Human trafficking ; Antislavery movements -- History

*Abolitionists ; Great Britain ; History ; Antislavery movements ; History ; Human trafficking ; Peonage ; Slavery ; Electronic books

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: HT993

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 306.3/62;

Historian and human rights scholar Joel Quirk examines the evolution of political opposition to slavery from the mid-eighteenth century to the present day. He offers an original diagnosis of the underlying causes driving one of the most pressing human rights problems in the world today.

Cover -- Contents -- Introduction: The Anti-Slavery Project -- PART I: THE BRITISH EMPIRE AND THE LEGAL ABOLITION OF SLAVERY -- 1. A Short History of British Anti-Slavery -- 2. British Anti-Slavery and European International Society -- 3. British Anti-Slavery and European Colonialism -- PART II: LINKING THE HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY -- 4. The Limits of Legal Abolition -- 5. Defining Slavery in All Its Forms -- PART III: CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF SLAVERY -- 6. "Classical" Slavery and Descent-Based Discrimination -- 7. Slaves to Debt -- 8. Trafficked into Slavery -- Conclusion: Contemporary Slavery in the Shadow of History -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments.

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