USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

LEAGUE OF NATIONS

[SOURCES]
What three methods did the Slavery Commission use to achieve their aims?

(A) ** Persistent enquiry of member states:getting them to complete questionnaires and requesting reports.

(B) ** Publication of reports.

(C) ** Constant coaxing of governments that were slow or reluctant to take effective action against slavery and trafficking.

(D) Lots and lots of telegrams.

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Historically, there are many different types of slavery including chattel, bonded, forced labour and sexual slavery. The key characteristics of slavery are ones generally agreed such as the loss of freedom of movement and legal rights.

Concept note-2: -It included whippings, slave laws called slave codes, the use of religion, as well as constant punishment and intimidation. All these methods were designed to control slaves and keep them working. None of them were completely successful, but they help explain why slavery lasted for 250 years.

Concept note-3: -Summary. The 1926 Slavery Convention was an agreement among member states of the League of Nations that obliged signatories to eliminate slavery, the slave trade, and forced labor in their territories.