Global Slavery

This unique interdisciplinary collection newly approaches the Atlantic scope of the century-long process of abolishing slavery in the western hemisphere, focusing on the connections between abolitionism and material spatial practice in literature, theory, history, and memory._x000D_ This book was or..

Free Soil in the Atlantic World examines the principle that slaves who crossed particular territorial frontiers- from European medieval cities to the Atlantic nation states of the nineteenth century- achieved their freedom. This book was originally published as a special issue of Slavery and Aboliti..

An anthology of five autobiographical narratives detailing black life in New England in the late 18th and 19th centuries...

An anthology of five autobiographical narratives detailing black life in New England in the late 18th and 19th centuries...

First published in 1909, this biography defends abolitionist John Brown against all detractors who saw him as a fanatic, fiend or traitor. It shows Brown as an unusual leader with a deeply religious outlook and a devotion to the cause of freedom for the slave...

  A unique reference guide to the interlinked issues of slavery, the movement for emancipation and civil rights.  ..

  A unique reference guide to the interlinked issues of slavery, the movement for emancipation and civil rights.  ..

_x005F_x000D_ Maritime slavery is not just about the movement of people as commodities, but rather, the involvement of all sorts of people, including slaves, in the transportation of those human commodities. Maritime slavery is thus not only about objects being moved but also about subjects doing th..

_x005F_x000D_ Maritime slavery is not just about the movement of people as commodities, but rather, the involvement of all sorts of people, including slaves, in the transportation of those human commodities. Maritime slavery is thus not only about objects being moved but also about subjects doing th..

Seymour Drescher’s regular, deeply-thought and carefully nuanced arguments have periodically reshaped how we think of the subject of the history of slavery itself. He has discussed the impact of economic and cultural factors on human behaviour and has shown that historical evidence does not lead to ..

Serfdom and Slavery explores the variety and common characteristics - of legal bondage in Europe and the New World since classical times. Within a tightly controlled framework of general contextual chapters followed by specific case studies, a distinguished team of scholars offers 17 specially writt..

Serfdom and Slavery explores the variety and common characteristics - of legal bondage in Europe and the New World since classical times. Within a tightly controlled framework of general contextual chapters followed by specific case studies, a distinguished team of scholars offers 17 specially writt..