ANOTHER FACE OF SLAVERY

After the abolition of slavery and the slave trade towards the end of the eighteenth century, people around the world, particularly the black race, were gladdened in body and in mind because it marked the beginning of the end of a savage and barbaric era. But little did the people of Africa and Nige...

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Published inColonial Systems of Control p. 121
Main Author Osadolor Eribo
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published University of Ottawa Press 18.04.2008
Subjects
Behavioral sciences
Correctional institutions
Correctional system
Countries
Crime
Criminal justice
Criminal law
Criminology
Economic disciplines
Economics
Government
Government services
Human behavior
Human geography
Human populations
Law
Law enforcement
Persons
Police
Political geography
Political science
Population studies
Poverty
Prisoners
Prisons
Slavery
Social organization
Social sciences
Socioeconomics
Sociology
Torture
Violence
Violent crimes
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Summary:After the abolition of slavery and the slave trade towards the end of the eighteenth century, people around the world, particularly the black race, were gladdened in body and in mind because it marked the beginning of the end of a savage and barbaric era. But little did the people of Africa and Nigeria in particular know that in less than a century would come a period of decadence, a society that is reminiscent of the era of slavery. The “elites” in Nigerian society returned to the continent and came to see themselves as our messiahs, sent here to guide
DOI:10.2307/j.ctt1ckph37.9