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Child slavery is the slavery of children. The enslavement of children can be traced back through history. The enslavement of children can be traced back through history. Even after the abolition of slavery, children continue to be enslaved and trafficked in modern times, which is a particular problem in developing countries.
Shyima Hall (born September 29, 1989), from South Alexandria, Egypt, is known for advocating against human trafficking by sharing her personal experiences as a child slave. At eight years old, she was sold into slavery by her parents to a rich family in Cairo. Hall was given to the family in order to repay her older sister's debt of about ...
Among working people of some means, a child slave might be an investment; an example from the juristic Digest is a metalsmith who buys a child slave, teaches him the trade, and then sells him at double the original price paid. [231] Apprenticeship contracts exist for free and slave children, with few differences in terms between the two. [232]
The largest part of the book, The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What is Known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glandeco-Angelinian War Storm Caused by the Child Slave Rebellion, follows the adventures of the daughters of Robert Vivian, seven princesses of the Christian nation of Abbieannia who assist a daring rebellion against the child ...
The Child’s Anti-Slavery Book [25] features the stories of several enslaved children. The book begins with a polemic against slavery directly aimed at juvenile readers, which calls upon the moral authority of the Bible, the Declaration of Independence [ 26 ] and the ‘ natural right to freedom’ [ 27 ] in its denunciation of slavery.
Stolen Childhood: Slave Youth in Nineteenth-Century America broadly [3] documents nineteenth century slave children and their lives. [4] It was the first full-length book on the subject, [5] [6] and at the time of its publishing, the topic of enslaved children was underrepresented in American slavery scholarship.
Child slavery; D. Debt bondage; Descent-based slavery; F. Forced labor in the Soviet Union; H. Handmaiden; ... This page was last edited on 6 May 2024, at 12:31 (UTC).
Today, in the Republic of Chad, slavery persists, but it does not have the same ubiquity as in the western Sahel, e.g. in Mauritania where up to 20% of total population are estimated as living in slavery. Instead, contemporary slavery in Chad is mostly limited to child labour, and not to hereditary servitude. [6]