Slavery

Slavery and enslavement are both the state and the condition of being a slave, who is forbidden to quit their service for another person and is treated as property. Historically, enslavement was a typical outcome of military defeat, and a reason to join or support an army. Individuals, then, usually became slaves due to force, coercion of one sort or another, although there was voluntary slavery to pay a debt or obtain money for some purpose. In chattel slavery, the enslaved person is legally rendered the personal property (chattel) of the slave owner. In economics, the term de facto slavery …

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DDN: Dundurn Press · 5 November 2024 English

“A tender, beautifully written essay collection that is about so much more than parenting a child with a disability.” — Erin Pepler, author of Send Me Into The Woods AloneA …

raised funds by selling lolli- pops to combat child slavery in India. However, I kept my distance from those


CPRC: University of Regina Press · 29 October 2024 English

A collection of memories chronicling love, grief, and a life lived on and off stage Raised on a farm and educated in a prairie Bible school, Layne Coleman escapes the …

knew the world was never going to recover from slavery, that you can’t undo some wrongs, that the stain


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 October 2024 English

Sanctuary in Pieces documents the evolving nature of sanctuary in settler societies. Drawing on archival research and interviews in Montreal/Mooniyaang/Tiohtià:ke, Madokoro explores the history of protection and hospitality over two …

Wilbur H. Siebert, The Underground Railroad: From Slavery to Freedom, New York: The Macmillan Company, emperors.11 In the Old Testament, Jews freed from slavery in Egypt and who moved to Canaan’s Land were instructed refuge in the broader context of fleeing from slavery or law enforcement, when the goal was to hide and what did it look like, during legalized slavery, during times of war, and during economic turmoil


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 October 2024 English

The Past, Present, and Future of Canadian Cities explores the historical functions of municipalities, their current ability to tackle major problems, and how to unlock the potential of cities to …

and debt per capita, 1914–41 97 6.1 History of slavery and African culture in Salvador, Brazil; photograph Burley, Wikimedia Commons 197 6.2 History of slavery and African culture in Salvador, Brazil; photograph camara), Wikimedia Commons 197 6.3 History of slavery and African culture in Salvador, Brazil; photograph ments that honour individuals associated with slavery and racism. Public monuments in Salvador can be Some monuments honour individuals who supported slavery and racism, erasing their harmful past actions


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 9 October 2024 English

Governments are increasingly recognizing the need for sustainability standards in global value chains (GVCs), as pressures from consumers and due diligence regulations in the Global North require businesses to address …

Guidelines 2010 2011 � United Kingdom's Modern Slavery Act 2015 � French Duty of Vigilance Law (LdV) � and Child Labour (DDTrO) 2021 Australia Modern Slavery Act � OECD RBC Guideline 2018 � Japan Clean Wood LkSG, LdV, CSDDD, the United Kingdom’s Modern Slavery Act, and The California Transparency in Supply ensure compliance with human trafficking and anti-slavery standards for all companies subject to the act into the product comply with the laws regarding slavery and human trafficking in the country or countries


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 1 October 2024 English

Oil workers are often typecast as rough: embodying the toxic masculinity, racism, consumerist excess, and wilful ignorance of the extractive industries and petrostates they work for. But their poetry troubles …

historical injustices including colon- ization, slavery, and environmental racism.13 Meanwhile, just transition system of endangered hydrocarbons with colonialism, slavery, and racial capitalism. Battler’s fraught play


Canadian Chamber of Commerce · 17 September 2024 English

Background Prior to the issuance of the Report of the Royal Commission on Taxation more commonly referred to as the Carter Commission in 1966, the unit of taxation in Canada …

forms of slavery called Canada’s TFW program a breeding ground for contemporary forms of slavery.6 A short Anchor the fight against contemporary forms of slavery in human rights, a UN expert urges (https://www releases/2023/09/canada-anchor-fight-against-contemporary-forms-slavery-human-rights-un) 7 CTV News. 'In need of a critical


CIGI: Centre for International Governance Innovation · 4 September 2024 English

Enshrined in article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, freedom of thought sits alongside the right to freedom of conscience and religion and complements the right …

permissible. As with the prohibitions on torture or slavery, the right to freedom of thought has been granted enslave another person for any reason. Torture and slavery are prohibited absolutely, as they are anathema it will never be lawful to sell ourselves into slavery or to consent to torture, we cannot effectively


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 3 September 2024 English

Covering a broad swathe of time, from colonization to the present day, Forced Migration in/to Canada examines human displacement in a variety of contexts: Indigenous dislocation and settler colonialism, Black …

displacement – including Indigenous displacement and slavery – our chapters have required us to reflexively A thoughtful and deliberate commissioning on slavery in the Canadian context by Natasha Henry-Dixon through colonization (see Coburn, chapter 1), slavery (see Henry-Dixon, chapter 2), human trafficking forcible displace- ment of Indigenous Peoples and slavery through to the contemporary contexts of political from the US and a source of institutionalized slavery and racism (see Henry-Dixon, chapter 2; Mahrouse


IHRP: International Human Rights Program, University of Toronto · 3 September 2024 English

The summer program promotes the exploration of sustainable peacebuilding through critical inquiry into the history and legacies of World War II in Asia. [...] Participants have diverse academic backgrounds, including …

Biological & Chemical Warfare, Japanese Military Sexual Slavery, Forced Labour, and Justice and Peace. At the beginning Testimonies, sources on Japanese Military Sexual Slavery, and the Ballad of Hanaoka. This collaboration


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