Based on the combination of colonial archives and the analysis of several complaints published in Senegalese newspapers, this article sheds light on the daily compulsory reality experienced by local populations with regards to forced labor in colonial Senegal (1920s–1940s). In contrast to analyses approaching forced labor systems through the study of colonial bureaucratic routines, this article studies the reactions of local populations and the consequences for colonial labor policies. I introduce the notion of resilience in order to overcome the pitfalls of the resistance paradigm and bring new insight into attitudes of distance, refusal, and adaptation used by local populations as methods to “absorb the shock” of everyday colonial coercion. More broadly, this analysis leads us to interrogate the limits and fragility of the colonial enterprise, recalling that the colonial state was not an almighty administration and that it was, above all, based on abiding adaptations and empirical decisions.

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挑战殖民地强迫劳动？塞内加尔的抵抗，复原力和力量（1920年代至1940年代）

根据殖民地档案资料和对塞内加尔报纸上发表的若干投诉的分析，本文揭示了塞内加尔殖民地（1920年代至1940年代）当地居民在强迫劳动方面的每日强制现实。与通过研究殖民地官僚主义惯例对强迫劳动制度进行分析相比，本文研究了当地居民的反应以及对殖民地劳工政策的后果。我介绍了复原力的概念，目的是克服反抗范式的缺陷，并以新的见解来了解当地居民对距离，拒绝和适应的态度，以此作为“吸收日常殖民胁迫的冲击”的方法。从更广泛的意义上讲，这种分析使我们质疑了殖民企业的局限性和脆弱性，