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

Joel Quirk

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2011

The Anti-Slavery Project

From the Slave Trade to Human Trafficking

Joel Quirk

In the series Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812205640

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About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

Joel Quirk is Senior Lecturer of Political Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand. He is author of Unfinished Business: A Comparative Survey of Historical and Contemporary Slavery, and co-editor of several volumes including International Orders in the Early Modern World: Before the Rise of the West.

Reviews

"In this excellent exposé of the history of slavery from its legal abolition to contemporary manifestations, Professor Joel Quirk fills a serious gap in the study of this issue and lucidly addresses the inevitable trait-d'union existing between past and present in slavery studies."—Leiden Journal of International Law

"Quirk has joined an increasing number of historians who should be applauded for devoting themselves to human rights, and he makes a valuable contribution by linking slavery to contemporary forms of exploitation."—Human Rights Quarterly

"Quirk further develops an analytical thread that has woven throughout much of his scholarship: the problems attendant to the inherited definition and iconography of the transatlantic slave trade. . . . His work remains pivotal in the field."—Human Rights Review

"The current anti-slavery movement labours under a delusion. The popular notion that some new and monstrous mutation burst upon the world at the end of the twentieth century serves no one well, least of all those in slavery. This original and insightful book helps us to see slavery clearly, both in the past and today. It is very difficult to solve a problem you do not understand, and more so if the problem is called by a different name every generation. The Anti-Slavery Project offers invaluable assistance to modern abolitionists and scholars along the lines of Einstein's dictum: 'Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.'"—Kevin Bales, President of Free the Slaves

"In this path-breaking book, Joel Quirk provides a compelling analysis of the relationship between the global history of slavery and abolition and contemporary forms of human bondage. By focusing upon the limitations—as well as strengths—of the historical abolition movement, The Anti-Slavery Project offers new insights into the enduring yet constantly evolving challenges that have faced slaves, former slaves and other vulnerable groups at many different times and places."—Paul E. Lovejoy, York University

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction: The Anti-Slavery Project Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I. The British Empire and the Legal Abolition of Slavery
Chapter 1. A Short History of British Anti-Slavery Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
Chapter 2. British Anti-Slavery and European International Society Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	54
Chapter 3. British Anti-Slavery and European Colonialism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	82
Part II. Linking the Historical and Contemporary
Chapter 4. The Limits of Legal Abolition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
Chapter 5. Defining Slavery in All Its Forms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
Part III. Contemporary Forms of Slavery
Chapter 6. “Classical” Slavery and Descent-Based Discrimination Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
Chapter 7. Slaves to Debt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
Chapter 8. Trafficked into Slavery Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	216
Conclusion: Contemporary Slavery in the Shadow of History Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	325
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	331

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 344
Keywords: Law; Human Rights

eBook

Published: May 26, 2011
ISBN: 9780812205640