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  2. Child slavery - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Trafficking of children - Wikipedia

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    Trafficking of children is a form of human trafficking and is defined by the United Nations as the "recruitment, transportation, harboring, and/or receipt" kidnapping of a child for the purpose of slavery, forced labour, and exploitation. [1]:

  4. Child labour - Wikipedia

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    Child labour predominantly occurs in the rural areas (70%) and informal urban sector (26%). Contrary to popular belief, most child labourers are employed by their parents rather than in manufacturing or formal economy. Children who work for pay or in-kind compensation are usually found in rural settings as opposed to urban centres.

  5. Slavery in the 21st century - Wikipedia

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    Illustration from the book The Child Slaves of Britain. Child slavery and forced labor continues to be a problem in the 21st century. Mainly driven by the culture in certain regions, early or forced marriage is a form of slavery that affects millions of women and girls all over the world. When families cannot support their children, the ...

  6. Child labor in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Child labor in the United States was a common phenomenon across the economy in the 19th century. Outside agriculture, it gradually declined in the early 20th century, except in the South which added children in textile and other industries. Child labor remained common in the agricultural sector until compulsory school laws were enacted by the ...

  7. Child labour in cocoa production - Wikipedia

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    In 2001, the report A Taste of Slavery: How Your Chocolate May be Tainted won a George Polk Award.In it were claims that traffickers promised paid work, housing, and education to children who were forced to labour and undergo severe abuse, that some children were held forcibly on farms and worked up to 100 hours per week, and that attempted escapees were beaten.

  8. The Dark Side of Chocolate - Wikipedia

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    The Harkin-Engel Protocol promised to end the use of child labour. [13] When confronted with this issue, corporate representatives denied all rumors of child labor and trafficking, but the investigations of the filmmakers brought to light the continued widespread use of trafficked child slaves on cocoa plantations.

  9. Child labour in Switzerland - Wikipedia

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    Child labour in Switzerland was a fact in rural areas to the 1960s, at least tolerated by the Swiss authorities referring to the so-called Verdingkinder, [1] as up to 100,000 children were needed as cheap workers mostly on farms the decades before. [2] Straw weaving family in a farmhouse, oil on canvas, 1840