not be classified as‘ light agricultural work’.
During World War II( 1939-1945), feelings of nationalism began to grow among the people of Côte d’ Ivoire. After the war ended, France carried out a number of political and economic reforms in the colony. In 1946, for example, France ended its policy of forced labor. These reforms, along with high world market prices after World War II, led to the expansion of African-owned coffee and cacao farms. The government also sponsored studies related to what activities were needed to ensure optimal cocoa growing. As a result of these studies, the farmers of Côte d’ Ivoire became extremely good at growing cocoa.
Côte d’ Ivoire gained independence in 1960. During the 1960ʹs and 1970 ' s, the government borrowed heavily to invest in construction and social development projects. When world market prices for coffee and cacao plunged in the 1980ʹs and 1990ʹs, the country faced severe debt problems. The government obtained new loans from the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. As a condition for receiving these loans, Côte d’ Ivoire reduced public spending, sold off state-owned companies to private investors, and made other economic reforms.
1.6 The past and the present
Today, slavery is illegal in every single country in the world, but that doesn’ t mean slavery has ceased to exist. Rather, it has simply changed its form.( For a detailed list of when countries abolished slavery, go to(. www. en. wikipedia. org / wiki / abolition _ of _ slavery _ timeline
In the past, the slave owners had additional costs of taking care of people who didn’ t earn their keep, such as infants or old slaves. But by having only slaves who are able to work on the farm and hardly caring for them, they avoid these costs and so increase their profits.
In both cases, the slaves are forced to work by violence or the threat of violence, paid nothing or almost nothing, given only
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‘ Auction & Negro Sales’: slaves where sold at slave markets like this one in Atlanta( USA).