FRANCAISAnti-Slavery International - History
1940-1949
-1947, United Kingdom: with Charles Wilton Wood Greenidge (1889-1972) as his secretary from 1942 until 1956, the Anti-Slavery and Aborigines’ Protection Society takes the shorter name of Anti-Slavery Society. The organisation remains in the tradition of liberal colonialism and doesn’t support claims for independence. Its Journal The Reporter, which has a circulation of about 2,000 in 1947, officially targets “all those to whom the maintenance of justice for weaker races of the world appeals as a duty”. ASI only opposes apartheid because of South Africa’s attempt to annex Namibia, sending to the British government a delegation led by an Anglican Reverend from Johannesburg, Michael Scott, who will enter the leadership of the Society in 1963.
-13th May 1949, United States: at the UN, the General Assembly approves the creation of a non-permanent committee of experts on slavery where Charles Greenidge, the secretary of ASI, is appointed.
