The Routledge History of Slavery is a landmark publication that provides an overview of the main themes surrounding the history of slavery spanning the last two milennia. With the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade in the UK just passed, this volume comes at a timely moment. Taking stock of the field of Slave Studies the book concentrates on the major advances in the field over the past decades in which the study of slavery has become so prominent.
The Routledge History of Slavery is a landmark publication that provides an overview of the main themes surrounding the history of slavery spanning the last two milennia. With the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade in the UK just passed, this volume comes at a timely moment. Taking stock of the field of Slave Studies the book concentrates on the major advances in the field over the past decades in which the study of slavery has become so prominent.
Gad Heuman is Professor of History and has served as Director of the Centre for Caribbean Studies at the University of Warwick. He is the author of Between Black and White (1981), The Killing Time (1994) and The Caribbean (2006). He is the editor of the journal, Slavery & Abolition. Trevor Burnard is Professor of American History at the University of Warwick. He specialises in the history of plantation societies and slavery in the Americas and is the author of Mastery, Tyranny, and Desire: Thomas Thistlewood and his Slaves in the Anglo-Jamaican World (2004).
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Introduction Trevor Burnard and Gad Heuman Part 1: Slavery as a Global Institution 1. Ancient Slavery Niall McKeown 2. African Slavery Paul Lovejoy 3. Slavery in the Indian Ocean World Gwyn Campbell 4. The Origins of Slavery in the Americas Betty Wood 5. The Transatlantic Slave Trade Trevor Burnard Part 2: The Character of Slavery 6. Work and the Slave Economy Lorena Walsh 7. Demography Richard Follett 8. Gender and Family Life Jennifer Morgan 9. Religion Sylvia Frey 10. Slave Culture Matt Childs 11. The Planter Class Trevor Burnard 12. Slave Resistance James Sidbury 13. Slave Rebellions Gad Heuman 14. Free Coloureds John Garrigus 15. Black-White Relations Timothy Lockley Part 3: Changes and Continuities 16. The Age of Revolutions Laurent Dubois 17. The Abolition of the Slave Trade Christopher Brown 18. Forging Freedom Steven Hahn 19. Commemorations Edward Rugemer 20. Modern Slavery Joel Quirk
Introduction Trevor Burnard and Gad Heuman Part 1: Slavery as a Global Institution 1. Ancient Slavery Niall McKeown 2. African Slavery Paul Lovejoy 3. Slavery in the Indian Ocean World Gwyn Campbell 4. The Origins of Slavery in the Americas Betty Wood 5. The Transatlantic Slave Trade Trevor Burnard Part 2: The Character of Slavery 6. Work and the Slave Economy Lorena Walsh 7. Demography Richard Follett 8. Gender and Family Life Jennifer Morgan 9. Religion Sylvia Frey 10. Slave Culture Matt Childs 11. The Planter Class Trevor Burnard 12. Slave Resistance James Sidbury 13. Slave Rebellions Gad Heuman 14. Free Coloureds John Garrigus 15. Black-White Relations Timothy Lockley Part 3: Changes and Continuities 16. The Age of Revolutions Laurent Dubois 17. The Abolition of the Slave Trade Christopher Brown 18. Forging Freedom Steven Hahn 19. Commemorations Edward Rugemer 20. Modern Slavery Joel Quirk
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