Author : Gwyn Campbell
Publisher : Ohio University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780821419595
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (195 download)
Book Synopsis Child Slaves in the Modern World by : Gwyn Campbell
Download or read book Child Slaves in the Modern World written by Gwyn Campbell and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Child Slaves in the Modern World is the second of two volumes that examine the distinctive uses and experiences of children in slavery in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This collection of previously unpublished essays exposes the global victimization of child slaves from the period of abolition of legal slavery in the nineteenth century to the human rights era of the twentieth century. It contributes to the growing recognition that the stereotypical bonded male slave was in fact a rarity. Nine of the studies are historical, with five located in Africa and three covering Latin America from the British Caribbean to Chile. One study follows the children liberated in the famous Amistad incident (1843). The remaining essays cover contemporary forms of child slavery, from prostitution to labor to forced soldiering. Child Slaves in the Modern World adds historical depth to the current literature on contemporary slavery, emphasizing the distinctive vulnerabilities of children, or effective equivalents, that made them particularly valuable to those who could acquire and control them. The studies also make clear the complexities of attempting to legislate or decree regulations limiting practices that appear to have been—and continue to be —ubiquitous around the world.