The Grier Trio Francis Grier, piano Savitri Grier, violin Indira Grier, cello

Professor David Garland, School of Law, New York University. Chaired by Professor Ian Loader

The history of emancipation has been influenced by gender ideologies at the international, national, and local level. Under legal slavery, gender affected the slaves’ functions, treatment...

The nation-building efforts of the early independence regimes silenced references to internal slavery as a potentially divisive factor that would undermine national unification.

Policies focused on development responded to the colonial state's need for cheap labour when compulsory recruitment and conscription were finally outlawed.