Warum Krankheiten, Seuchen und Pandemien nicht alle gleich treffen ‒ eine Reise durch die Weltgeschichte AIDS, Cholera, die Spanische Grippe – die Folgen von Epidemien werden auch durch menschliches Handeln bestimmt.
Since 1776, the Founding generation has been portrayed as creators of a new world where liberty and freedom were the inherent birthright of all peoples.
The dramatic story of a pivotal figure in the Haitian Revolution, who shook the Atlantic world to its core Born to an enslaved mother in Grenada, Henry Christophe first fought to overthrow the British in North America, before joining the Black freedom fighters of Saint-Domingue in their quest to gain independence from France.
According to Forbes the object of these Journals is "e;to illustrate the dreadful slave hunts and savages, the annihilations and exterminations consequent on this trade"e;, with the aim of encouraging the British public in its efforts to end slavery.
Identities in Antiquity is a multi-disciplinary platform for the synthetic study of ancient identities, set in a more rounded and inclusive notion of antiquity.
This unique and rich collection of narratives, written or dictated by formerly enslaved Africans between 1820 and 1876, offers a rare snapshot of African voices in the history of slavery.
Manuel Jala: un afrocampechano, cuenta la inspiradora historia de un novohispano afrodescendiente, engarzado en la eterna pasión humana: la búsqueda de la libertad y la autodeterminación.
This second collection of studies by Peter Golden continues his explorations of the TArk Empire (mid-sixth to mid-eighth centuries), the stateless polities that appeared after its collapse, and of the Khazar Qaghanate (mid-seventh century to ca.
The Destruction of Brazilian Slavery (1850-1888) offers a compelling exploration of how one of the world's most entrenched systems of forced labor unraveled over the course of decades.
In Slavery and the Invention of Dutch Art, Caroline Fowler examines the fundamental role of the transatlantic slave trade in the production and evolution of seventeenth-century Dutch art.
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This second collection of studies by Peter Golden continues his explorations of the TArk Empire (mid-sixth to mid-eighth centuries), the stateless polities that appeared after its collapse, and of the Khazar Qaghanate (mid-seventh century to ca.