20th Century Research Archive on Slavery and Trafficking
League of Nations and United Nations material gathered from their archives
The material in this Research Archive has been gathered over a period of two decades by Prof. Jean Allain from the League of Nations Archives and the United Nations Library & Archive in Geneva, Switzerland.
Primarily in photographic form, the comprehensive assembly of material traces, chronologically, the development of the international frameworks of slavery and trafficking through their 20th Century evolution within these intergovernmental organisations.
The 20th Century Research Archive on Slavery and Trafficking consists of material gathered, on the one hand, specific to slavery as it evolved before the League of Nations and the United Nations, and, on the other hand, trafficking, as it developed within these intergovernmental organisations.
The 20th Century Research Archive on Slavery and Trafficking is constituted of two archives, one on slavery and one on trafficking in persons.
Slavery Archive
Trafficking Archive
For more information on the archive and guidance for engaging with the material, please see A Guide to the 20th Century Research Archive on Slavery and Trafficking
Accessing the Research Archive on Slavery and Trafficking
While the donation of the Archives by Prof. Allain is meant for researchers at the Rights Lab, it is open to researchers beyond the Lab who are interested in consulting them by permission.
To request access to the archive, please email rightslab@nottingham.ac.uk with the subject line ‘20th Century Research Archive’.
Prof. Jean Allain pictured, in 2010 in front of a Portrait of US President Woodrow Wilson in the Reading Room of League of Nations Archives, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
Acknowledgements
The establishment of the 20th Century Research Archive on Slavery and Trafficking was made possible through funding by the Leverhulme Foundation as part of their Leverhulme Visiting Professorship scheme which saw Prof. Jean Allain join the Rights Lab during the Autumn terms of 2023 and 2024.
The archive material was gathered through funded visits to Geneva by: the Arts & Humanities Research Council, British Academy, Monash University, and Queen’s University, Belfast.