Slavery and abolition of slavery

In Slavery and the Founders, Paul Finkelman addresses a central issue of the American founding: how the first generation of leaders of the United States dealt with the profoundly important question of human bondage.

The struggle to abolish slavery is one of the grandest quests - and central themes - of modern history.

The struggle to abolish slavery is one of the grandest quests - and central themes - of modern history.

First published in 1909, W.

First published in 1909, W.

The majority of scholarly conceptions of the Mediterranean focus on the sea's northern shores, with its historical epicentres of Spain, France or Italy.

The majority of scholarly conceptions of the Mediterranean focus on the sea's northern shores, with its historical epicentres of Spain, France or Italy.

In the post-Cold War era, economic globalization has resulted in the buying and selling of human beings.

In the post-Cold War era, economic globalization has resulted in the buying and selling of human beings.

An analysis of slave and slaveholder understanding and manipulation of formal legal systems in the region known as the American Confluence during the antebellum era.

Exposes the historical roots of modern-day slavery, using lessons from the past to empower activism against such exploitation everywhere.

An analysis of slave and slaveholder understanding and manipulation of formal legal systems in the region known as the American Confluence during the antebellum era.

Exposes the historical roots of modern-day slavery, using lessons from the past to empower activism against such exploitation everywhere.

Examines the experiences of runaway slaves in North America, conceptually dividing the continent into three distinct ''spaces of freedom''.

Examines the experiences of runaway slaves in North America, conceptually dividing the continent into three distinct ''spaces of freedom''.

This book traces the inland origins of slaves leaving West Central Africa at the peak period of the transatlantic slave trade.

This book traces the inland origins of slaves leaving West Central Africa at the peak period of the transatlantic slave trade.

Beyond the Rope tells the story of African Americans'' evolving attitudes towards lynching from the 1880s to the present.

Beyond the Rope tells the story of African Americans'' evolving attitudes towards lynching from the 1880s to the present.

Fractional Freedoms examines paths to liberty forged in the slaveowning household, and legal claims brought by slaves in colonial Lima.

Fractional Freedoms examines paths to liberty forged in the slaveowning household, and legal claims brought by slaves in colonial Lima.

A vivid examination of slave life in New Orleans in the early nineteenth century.

A vivid examination of slave life in New Orleans in the early nineteenth century.

This book brings together leading scholars to examine slavery in American literature from the eighteenth century to the present day.

Explores how to use different types of sources to write the history of slavery and the slave trade in Africa.

Explores how to use different types of sources to write the history of slavery and the slave trade in Africa.

This book brings together leading scholars to examine slavery in American literature from the eighteenth century to the present day.

This book focuses on slave ownership in Virginia as it was practiced by a variety of institutions.

This book focuses on slave ownership in Virginia as it was practiced by a variety of institutions.

This volume unpacks the long history and varied meanings of the emancipation of American slaves.

This volume unpacks the long history and varied meanings of the emancipation of American slaves.

This book analyzes how women negotiated and shaped ideas about community in the British Atlantic world through claims of revelation.

This book explores transformations in the relationship between ecology, politics and labour in the Nigerien Sahel over two centuries.

This book explores transformations in the relationship between ecology, politics and labour in the Nigerien Sahel over two centuries.

This is the first and only biography of one of John Brown''s African American comrades, John Anthony Copeland.

This is the first and only biography of one of John Brown''s African American comrades, John Anthony Copeland.

This comprehensive theological analysis of leading early Quakers'' work, offers fresh insights into what they were really saying.

A study of Chica da Silva, a freed woman of color in a Brazilian town.

The various manifestations of coerced labour between the opening up of the Atlantic world and the formal creation of Haiti.

Surveys the history of slavery in the ancient Mediterranean world, concentrating particularly on the societies of ancient Greece and Rome.

The various manifestations of coerced labour between the opening up of the Atlantic world and the formal creation of Haiti.

Surveys the history of slavery in the ancient Mediterranean world, concentrating particularly on the societies of ancient Greece and Rome.

A study of Chica da Silva, a freed woman of color in a Brazilian town.

This book sheds new light on domestic forced migration by examining experiences of American-born slave migrants from a comparative perspective.

This book sheds new light on domestic forced migration by examining experiences of American-born slave migrants from a comparative perspective.

This book analyzes representations of the places of British slavery - Africa, the Caribbean, and Britain - in writings by planters, slaves and travellers.

Studies the reverberations of the Haitian Revolution in Cuba, where the violent entrenchment of slavery occurred while slaves in Haiti successfully overthrew the institution.

This book explores how political debates and legal reforms on criminalization of racial violence have shaped American racial history.

This book analyzes representations of the places of British slavery - Africa, the Caribbean, and Britain - in writings by planters, slaves and travellers.

Studies the reverberations of the Haitian Revolution in Cuba, where the violent entrenchment of slavery occurred while slaves in Haiti successfully overthrew the institution.