摘要
Barriers that stood against reform of China’s forced labor tradition走出奴役:法律、社会与文化In 1906,as the Qing Empire(1616–1911)entered its final years,Zhou Fu,the Viceroy of Nanjing,wrote a memorial advocating for the abolition of slavery.Zhou died before the throne could act,two years later.But in 1909,Wu Weibing,a member of the imperial censorate,picked up the torch with his own memorial imploring the throne to honor Zhou’s request.On January 31,1910,the Qing court issued an imperial rescript which officially abolished slavery throughout