Child Slavery and Guardianship in Colonial Senegal

"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"--

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Urban Senegal in the second half of the nineteenth century; 2. Evolution of tutelle; 3. Adoption of minors and state control of tutelle; 4. Legislating guardianship, 1848-1900; 5. Juvenile labor; 6. The crisis of 1903-1904; 7. Minors in institutions; 8. Marriage, life, death and abuse; Conclusion.

About the author

Bernard Moitt is a Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University. Born and raised in Antigua, his research focuses on slavery in French West Africa, primarily Senegal, and the French Antilles. He has previously published Women and Slavery in the French Antilles, 1635–1848 (2001) and edited Sugar, Slavery and Society: Perspectives on the Caribbean, India, the Mascarenes and the United States (2004).

Product details

• Authors: Bernard (Virginia Commonwealth University) Moitt, Moitt Bernard
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2025
• EAN: 9781009296465
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0929646-5
• No. of pages: 249
• Series: African Studies
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Senegal, HISTORY / Africa / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / Africa / West, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, African History, Slavery and abolition of slavery