Child Slavery and Guardianship in Colonial Senegal

Download or read book Child Slavery and Guardianship in Colonial Senegal written by Bernard Moitt and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-10-31 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Original and innovative, this book tells the story of Senegalese children freed from slavery in 1848 only to be relegated to tutelle or guardianship. Bernard Moitt demonstrates that tutelle allowed slavery to persist under another name, with children continuing to be subject to the same widespread labor exploitation and abuse.