We sometimes imagine that such oppressive laws were put quickly into full force by greedy landowners. But that's not the way slavery was established in colonial America. It happened gradually -- one ...

Slavery as people usually think of it ended with the Civil War, right? But there are still states that allow slavery and indentured servitude as punishments for a crime. Five states asked voters to ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This paper compares the definitions, practices, and legal constraints on labour in Britain, France, Mauritius, and Reunion Island in the ...