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Trafficking, Gender and Slavery: Past and Present*
Abstract
This chapter discusses the problem of defining slavery in the modern world. It argues that some standard arguments claiming that all trafficking in persons make up forms of slavery are actually problematic. It then studies the worst forms of child labour, domestic servitude, and international and domestic sexual trafficking, which seem to satisfy a polythetic definition of slavery. It also presents a critique of Kevin Bales' work. This chapter concludes with a study of the gendered nature of slavery in traditional and modern times.
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“Yet, in many slave societies, no formal systems of law existed, with violence, corporeal possession, and extreme power over others being more definitive of slave/ master relations (Patterson 2012, p 331).”
From Collapsing the Boundaries Between De Jure and De Facto Slavery: The Foundations of Slavery Beyond the Transatlantic Frame (2020) · cites this paper as Patterson 2012
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Brown, A. (2019) · Journal of African American Studies · doi:10.1007/s12111-019-09431-z · Cited by 12
Schwarz, K., & Nicholson, A. (2020) · Human Rights Review · doi:10.1007/s12142-020-00604-y · Cited by 8
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- Authors
- Patterson, O.
- Corresponding author
- Patterson, Orlando
- Venue
- The Legal Understanding of Slavery
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Published
- 2012-09-27
- Pages
- 322-359
- OpenAlex
- W4244340544
- Cited by
- 69
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 29 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 5.79
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Oxford University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Sex work and related issues
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Colonialism, slavery, and trade
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › International Labor and Employment Law
- Keywords
- slavery, human trafficking, definition of slavery, child labor, domestic servitude, sex trafficking, gender and slavery
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