chattel slavery definition

• Female Child Trafficking From Bangladesh: A New Form of Slavery1/Trafic de Petites Filles Au Bangladesh: Une Nouvelle Forme D'esclavage

Slavery was a dominant phenomenon of antiquity. Gradually it has declined in the modern world. The blessings of modern moral attitudes and virtues were instrumental for these structural changes. Recently, child trafficking, especially female child trafficking has become a painful reality in Bangladesh. This child trafficking has been occurring internally and also across the border to India, Pakistan, Malaysia and many Middle Eastern countries. The rate of growth of this trafficking has been increasing alarmingly in this country. Every year several hundred (under the age of eighteen) children are being trafficked abroad. These trafficked children are adapting to a new life style which is different from the life style had they lived in their normal (life style which they supposed to follo...

... there is no internationally agreed definition of trafficking. International organizations use va... societies, a slave was considered merely chattel, a piece of property (New Standard Encyclopedia: 4...

• Canadian Social Science
• Vol. 6 Nbr. 1, January 2010