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‘The report also traces how, after the end of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, new forms of slavery began to manifest themselves and how these contemporary forms of slavery were challenged through popular campaigns and by the development of international standards to prohibit them. It also considers what action needs to be taken to assist the millions of people who continue to be subjected to contemporary forms of slavery today.

Anti-Slavery International hopes this publication will revitalise the abolitionist spirit which helped to end the Transatlantic Slave Trade and inspire people to support our campaigning work against all contemporary forms of slavery.’

Contents

The Transatlantic Slave Trade

• People as property: the human cost
• The slave trade: “a creditable way of life”
• Turning the tide: making the slave trade an issue of public concern
• A sea change: the St Domingue Rebellion
• The demise of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Out of the ashes: new manifestations of slavery in the 19th and 20th centuries

• Coolie labour in the British colonies
• Forced labour in the Congo
• Forced labour in the Amazon: the Putumayo
• The use of forced labour by the colonial powers

Contemporary forms of slavery

• The development of international standards to prohibit all forms of slavery
• Slavery in the 21st century
• What needs to be done to eradicate slavery today?

Conclusion