Suzanne Miers is emerita professor of African history at Ohio University. She has also taught at the Universities of Wisconsin, London, and Malaya (Singapore). She is the author of Britain and the Ending of the Slave Trade and numerous articles. She co-edited with Igor Kopytoff, Slavery in Africa, with Martin Klein, Slavery and Colonial Rule in Africa, with Richard Roberts, The End of Slavery in Africa, and with Maria Jaschok, Women and Chinese Patriarchy.

Suzanne Miers writes with conviction—it would be hard to be impartial about slavery—but this book is a thoughtful, rigorous and scholarly survey of its subject. The scholarship is impeccable. As it is, this book will be the standard study of 20th century slavery and abolition.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 Chapter 1: The Rise of the British Antislavery MovementChapter 3 Chapter 2: Forging a Treaty Network Against the Slave TradeChapter 4 Chapter 3: Emancipation in Theory and PracticeChapter 5 Chapter 4: From Slavery to New Forms of ExploitationChapter 6 Chapter 5: New International MachineryChapter 7 Chapter 6: Ethiopia, The League of Nations, and SlaveryChapter 8 Chapter 7: Slavery in HijazChapter 9 Chapter 8: The Temporary Slavery Commission and the Expanding Definition of SlaveryChapter 10 Chapter 9: The Slavery Convention of 1926Chapter 11 Chapter 10: The International Labor Organization and the Forced Labour ConventionChapter 12 Chapter 11: The League of Nations and Slavery in the British EmpireChapter 13 Chapter 12:The Problems of a Moral Foreign Policy 1925-1932Chapter 14 Chapter 13: The Committee of Experts on SlaveryChapter 15 Chapter 14: The Advisory Committee of Experts on SlaveryChapter 16 Chapter 15: Slavery in a Changing World 1932-39: EthiopiaChapter 17 Chapter 16: Slavery in a Changing World: 1932-1939: Arabia, The Red Sea and Persian GulfChapter 18 Chapter 17: The Advisory Committee of Experts on Slavery 1936-1939Chapter 19 Chapter 18: The Slavery Question from 1939 to 1949Chapter 20 Chapter 19: The Cold War and the Supplementary Slavery Convention of 1956Chapter 21 Chapter 20: The End of Slavery in Arabia and the Persian Gulf 1950-1970Chapter 22 Chapter 21: Slavery at the United Nations 1956-1966Chapter 23 Chapter 22: The Final Struggle for a United Nations Slavery Commmittee 1966-1974Chapter 24 Chapter 23: Epilogue: The UN Working Group on Contemporary Forms of SlaveryChapter 25 Chapter 24: Contemporary Forms of SlaveryChapter 26 Chapter 25: Conclusion: The Anti-Slavery Campaign in the Twentieth CenturyChapter 27 Bibliography

Suzanne Miers is emerita professor of African history at Ohio University. She has also taught at the Universities of Wisconsin, London, and Malaya (Singapore). She is the author of Britain and the Ending of the Slave Trade and numerous articles. She co-edited with Igor Kopytoff, Slavery in Africa, with Martin Klein, Slavery and Colonial Rule in Africa, with Richard Roberts, The End of Slavery in Africa, and with Maria Jaschok, Women and Chinese Patriarchy.

Suzanne Miers writes with conviction—it would be hard to be impartial about slavery—but this book is a thoughtful, rigorous and scholarly survey of its subject. The scholarship is impeccable. As it is, this book will be the standard study of 20th century slavery and abolition.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 Chapter 1: The Rise of the British Antislavery MovementChapter 3 Chapter 2: Forging a Treaty Network Against the Slave TradeChapter 4 Chapter 3: Emancipation in Theory and PracticeChapter 5 Chapter 4: From Slavery to New Forms of ExploitationChapter 6 Chapter 5: New International MachineryChapter 7 Chapter 6: Ethiopia, The League of Nations, and SlaveryChapter 8 Chapter 7: Slavery in HijazChapter 9 Chapter 8: The Temporary Slavery Commission and the Expanding Definition of SlaveryChapter 10 Chapter 9: The Slavery Convention of 1926Chapter 11 Chapter 10: The International Labor Organization and the Forced Labour ConventionChapter 12 Chapter 11: The League of Nations and Slavery in the British EmpireChapter 13 Chapter 12:The Problems of a Moral Foreign Policy 1925-1932Chapter 14 Chapter 13: The Committee of Experts on SlaveryChapter 15 Chapter 14: The Advisory Committee of Experts on SlaveryChapter 16 Chapter 15: Slavery in a Changing World 1932-39: EthiopiaChapter 17 Chapter 16: Slavery in a Changing World: 1932-1939: Arabia, The Red Sea and Persian GulfChapter 18 Chapter 17: The Advisory Committee of Experts on Slavery 1936-1939Chapter 19 Chapter 18: The Slavery Question from 1939 to 1949Chapter 20 Chapter 19: The Cold War and the Supplementary Slavery Convention of 1956Chapter 21 Chapter 20: The End of Slavery in Arabia and the Persian Gulf 1950-1970Chapter 22 Chapter 21: Slavery at the United Nations 1956-1966Chapter 23 Chapter 22: The Final Struggle for a United Nations Slavery Commmittee 1966-1974Chapter 24 Chapter 23: Epilogue: The UN Working Group on Contemporary Forms of SlaveryChapter 25 Chapter 24: Contemporary Forms of SlaveryChapter 26 Chapter 25: Conclusion: The Anti-Slavery Campaign in the Twentieth CenturyChapter 27 Bibliography