Outsourcing African Labor
| Titel: | Outsourcing African Labor : Kru Migratory Workers in Global Ports, Estates and Battlefields until the End of the 19th Century / Jeffrey Gunn |
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| Veröffentlicht: | München : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, [2021] |
| Umfang: | 1 Online-Ressource (XVII, 258 p.) |
| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Africa in Global History ; 4 |
| ISBN: | 9783110680331 |
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The migration was virtually entirely male, and at a time when slavery was widespread and the slave trade was subjected to the abolition campaign of the British Navy, Kru workers were free with an expertise in manning seaborne craft and porterage. Kru carried letters from previous captains as testimonies of their reliability and work ethic or they worked under the supervision of experienced workers who effectively served as references for employment. They worked for contractual periods of between six months and five years for which they were paid wages. 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