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Artigo • Topoi (Rio J.) 20 (42) • Sep-Dec 2019 • https://doi.org/10.1590/2237-101X02004203   copy

In the place of slave labor: the trafficking of engaged workers from Mozambique to Reunion Island in the post-abolition of French colonial slavery

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ABSTRACT

The article analyzes the relation of the engagement of Mozambican workers to Reunion Island with the intensification of the demand for low-cost labor in the tropical regions of the globe, during the period of prohibition of the slave trade and the abolition of slavery, due to the growth in world trade.

Keywords:
Mozambique; Reunion Island; slave trade; forced labor; indentured labor

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