The Cambridge world history of slavery
Serfdom and Slavery explores the variety - and the continuities and common characteristics - of the two main forms of legal servitude known to history. The seventeen chapters range from classical times to the modern age, and from Europe to the New World, India and Africa. The th…
Serfdom and Slavery explores the variety - and the continuities and common characteristics - of the two main forms of legal servitude known to history. The seventeen chapters range from classical times to the modern age, and from Europe to the New World, India and Africa. The th…
"Pliny, the governor of Bithynia...records an important practice among Christian groups in Bithynia: enslaved persons participated in the religious practices of the community and even held specific titles....Enslaved Leadership in Early Christianity is neither a celebration of e…
"This volume has brought together scholars from anthropology, history, psychology, and ethnic studies to share their original research into the lesser known stories of slavery in North America and reveal surprising parallels among slave cultures across the continent. Although th…
Slavery in Europe during antiquity and the first millennium -- Scandinavian slavery -- Where did the slaves come from? -- Thralls in Old Norse poetry and sagas -- Thralls in runic inscriptions -- Terms for thralls and their meanings -- How were thralls used? -- Evidence for thra…
"We all live within the stories we tell," writes Drew Faust, "for these tales fashion a coherent direction and identity out of the discontinuities of our past, present, and future." Forging an identity was an extraordinary task for white southerners of the late antebellum and Ci…
Tracing the activities of a single extended family - the Hibberts - this book explores how slavery impacted on the social, cultural, economic and political landscape of Britain. It is both the intimate narrative of a family and an analytical frame through which to explore Britai…