USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

LEAGUE OF NATIONS

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What were three of the successes of the Slavery Commission?

(A) Eradicating illegal trafficking.

(B) ** 200, 000 slaves were freed in Sierra Leone.

(C) ** The death rate for African workers on the Tanganyikan railway went from 50% to 4%.

(D) ** Iraq, Jordan and Nepal abolished slavery altogether.

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -The First commission was set up quite early on in 1924. Its main success was through pressing the governments who administered mandated countries to end slavery in those countries. The League secured a commitment from Ethiopia to end slavery as a condition of membership in 1926.

Concept note-2: -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-3: -The Slavery Convention sought to “complete and extend the work accomplished under the Brussels Act”, as it acknowledged the necessity to conclude “more detailed arrangements” to that end. Its objectives were two-fold: “the complete suppression” and “securing the abolition of slavery and the slave trade”.

Concept note-4: -The 1926 Slavery Convention or the Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is an international treaty created under the auspices of the League of Nations and first signed on 25 September 1926. It was registered in League of Nations Treaty Series on 9 March 1927, the same day it went into effect.