French West Africa issued no labor regulations until 1925

Evidence

Only on the eve of World War I did Dakar begin to show some signs of interest in labor availability and its protection. … In his directive, Clozel suggested that individual lieutenant governors should consider submitting proposals for regulating labor contracts in their colonies. Nothing came of this suggestion; Dakar would wait until I925 before issuing the first labor regulations in West Africa. — Alice L. Conklin, A Mission to Civilize_ The Republican…, 231

Categorization

• DEFINE: Establishes the tight chronological frame of 1895-1930 the book covers: a decade of federation before any labor interest appeared.