Slavery by a New Name

Children, Childhood and Forced Labour in Colonial Ghana, 1855-1914

Dados Bibliográficos

ID5773422
AutoresCatherine Koonar (Carleton University, autor correspondente)
Ano2014
Data de publicação2014-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoTHESIS
EditoraCarleton University (PUBLISHER • CA)
DOI10.22215/etd/2014-10557
OpenAlexW4239935011
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas10

The topic of child labour receives a great deal of attention from humanitarian and non-governmental organizations, but from a historical perspective, child labour has been under researched and under studied. Looking specifically at colonial Ghana, this study analyzes the effects of anti-slavery legislation and the presence of the Basel Mission Society on the lives of African children. It argues that as the institution of slavery went into decline in West Africa, the forced labour of children actually became more common. In its analysis of children and forced labour, this thesis will make clear that there is, in fact, a great deal of insight to be gained from including children in the narrative. In doing so, assumptions about key themes such as the racialization of labour, the gender division of labour, and the capacity of children to negotiate and shape the terms of their labour can be complicated

Child labour · Institution · Racialization · African history and culture studies · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Sex work and related issues