LEADER 04307nam 2200769 a 450 001 9910788584503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-89668-0 010 $a0-8122-0564-2 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812205640 035 $a(CKB)3240000000064739 035 $a(OCoLC)822890075 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10642708 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000606200 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11354685 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000606200 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10580487 035 $a(PQKB)11691893 035 $a(OCoLC)793012558 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8348 035 $a(DE-B1597)449398 035 $a(OCoLC)979756378 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812205640 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441956 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10642708 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL420918 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441956 035 $a(EXLCZ)993240000000064739 100 $a20110609d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe anti-slavery project$b[electronic resource] $efrom the slave trade to human trafficking /$fJoel Quirk 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (341 p.) 225 0 $aPennsylvania Studies in Human Rights 225 0$aPennsylvania studies in human rights 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8122-2324-1 311 $a0-8122-4333-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apt. 1. The British Empire and the legal abolition of slavery -- pt. 2. Linking the historical and contemporary -- pt. 3. Contemporary forms of slavery. 330 $aIt is commonly assumed that slavery came to an end in the nineteenth century. While slavery in the Americas officially ended in 1888, millions of slaves remained in bondage across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East well into the first half of the twentieth century. Wherever laws against slavery were introduced, governments found ways of continuing similar forms of coercion and exploitation, such as forced, bonded, and indentured labor. Every country in the world has now abolished slavery, yet millions of people continue to find themselves subject to contemporary forms of slavery, such as human trafficking, wartime enslavement, and the worst forms of child labor. The Anti-Slavery Project: From the Slave Trade to Human Trafficking offers an innovative study in the attempt to understand and eradicate these ongoing human rights abuses.In The Anti-Slavery Project, historian and human rights expert Joel Quirk examines the evolution of political opposition to slavery from the mid-eighteenth century to the present day. Beginning with the abolitionist movement in the British Empire, Quirk analyzes the philosophical, economic, and cultural shifts that eventually resulted in the legal abolition of slavery. By viewing the legal abolition of slavery as a cautious first step-rather than the end of the story-he demonstrates that modern anti-slavery activism can be best understood as the latest phase in an evolving response to the historical shortcomings of earlier forms of political activism.By exposing the historical and cultural roots of contemporary slavery, The Anti-Slavery Project presents an original diagnosis of the underlying causes driving one of the most pressing human rights problems in the world today. It offers valuable insights for historians, political scientists, policy makers, and activists seeking to combat slavery in all its forms. 410 0$aPennsylvania studies in human rights. 606 $aAntislavery movements$xHistory 606 $aAbolitionists$zGreat Britain$xHistory 606 $aSlavery 606 $aPeonage 606 $aHuman trafficking 610 $aHuman Rights. 610 $aLaw. 615 0$aAntislavery movements$xHistory. 615 0$aAbolitionists$xHistory. 615 0$aSlavery. 615 0$aPeonage. 615 0$aHuman trafficking. 676 $a306.3/62 700 $aQuirk$b Joel$01467642 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910788584503321 996 $aThe anti-slavery project$93678376 997 $aUNINA