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5 days ago · Slavery is the ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to their labour. Slavery typically involves compulsory work, with the slave's location of work and residence dictated by the party that holds them in bondage.
4 days ago · Models of Slavery and Resistance. While each country in the Americas has its own national historiography on slavery, from a 21st-century perspective, it is hard to overestimate the role that US-based scholars played in shaping the agenda of slavery studies. Analyses of American plantation records began around the turn of the 20th century. ...
5 days ago · Forms of slavery Multiple forms of slavery and servitude have existed throughout African history, and were shaped by indigenous practices of slavery as well as the Roman institution of slavery (and the later Christian views on slavery), the Islamic institutions of slavery via the Muslim slave trade, and eventually the Atlantic slave trade. Slavery was a part of the economic structure of ...
Jun 21, 2024 · The idea of slaves as submissive and content dated as far back as Ulrich B. Phillips’, American Negro Slavery (1918) but persisted well into the 1950s, culminating with Stanley Elkins’ Slavery: A Problem in American Institutional and Intellectual Life (1959).
6 days ago · Mainstream protection through the lens of slavery-related exploitation across the humanitarian architecture. Provide needs-based, protection-specific assistance in areas of high displacement to reduce risk factors and vulnerability to slavery-related exploitation. Activate specific and safe referral and incident reporting mechanisms.
5 days ago · The struggle in the U.S. against human trafficking. Although anti-trafficking laws first went into effect over 20 years ago, there are still an estimated 1.1 million people living in modern-day slavery in the U.S., according to the GSI. The U.S. has taken the most action out of any other country to identify and support human trafficking survivors.
6 days ago · Slavery in the colonial history of the United States refers to the institution of slavery that existed in the European colonies in North America which eventually became part of the United States of America.
4 days ago · Effects of Intra-African Slavery. The repercussions of intra-African slavery were profound and long-lasting. It disrupted social cohesion within tribes and perpetuated a cycle of violence and discrimination. Slavery also had significant economic consequences, as it hindered agricultural productivity and inhibited overall economic development.
Jun 21, 2024 · Coverage includes the African Coast, the Middle Passage, the varieties of slave experience, Spiritualism and Religion, Resistance and Revolts, Underground Railroad, the Abolition Movement, Legislation, Education, the Legacy of Slavery and Slavery Today.
Jun 21, 2024 · Collected together from hundreds of courthouses and historical societies in 10 states and the District of Columbia. Also includes the State Slavery Statutes collection, a comprehensive record of the laws governing American slavery from 1789-1865.
