Slavery and abolition of slavery

This volume examines political life in the Kingdom of Dahomey, located in the Republic of Bénin.

The Mind of the Master Class tells of America''s greatest historical tragedy.

This book is a comprehensive history of slavery in Africa from earliest times to the end of the twentieth century.

This book examines the many ways in which African Americans made the Civil War about ending slavery.

This book examines the many ways in which African Americans made the Civil War about ending slavery.

An engaging and informative overview of the life and works of Frederick Douglass.

An engaging and informative overview of the life and works of Frederick Douglass.

An examination of the significance and function of oaths in the English Reformation.

This book traces the flows of enslaved Africans from the broad region of Africa called Upper Guinea to Amazonia, Brazil.

This book traces the flows of enslaved Africans from the broad region of Africa called Upper Guinea to Amazonia, Brazil.

Chronicles the experiences, identity, agency and achievements of enslaved black people in Morocco from the sixteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century.

Chronicles the experiences, identity, agency and achievements of enslaved black people in Morocco from the sixteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century.

An international team of authors explores the impact of the Oxford Movement on the Church and religious life beyond England.

This book explores the relationship between freedom and slavery in the antebellum American South, studying authors who spoke for the Southwest''s educated classes.

This is the first major English-language and scholarly biography of Bartolomé de las Casas'' life in a generation.

This book explores the relationship between freedom and slavery in the antebellum American South, studying authors who spoke for the Southwest''s educated classes.

This is the first major English-language and scholarly biography of Bartolomé de las Casas'' life in a generation.

Examining the slave trade between Angola and Brazil, Roquinaldo Ferreira focuses on the cultural ties between the two countries.

Examining the slave trade between Angola and Brazil, Roquinaldo Ferreira focuses on the cultural ties between the two countries.

This book explores the processes by which Virginia was transformed from a British colony into a Southern slave state.

This book explores the processes by which Virginia was transformed from a British colony into a Southern slave state.

Examines the significance of the abolition of slavery in South Africa''s Cape Colony in 1834 and the subsequent development of race relations.

Examines the significance of the abolition of slavery in South Africa''s Cape Colony in 1834 and the subsequent development of race relations.

A succinct account of the development of American antislavery constitutionalism in the years preceding the Civil War.

This volume examines the archaeology of precolonial West African societies in the era of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

A succinct account of the development of American antislavery constitutionalism in the years preceding the Civil War.

This volume examines the archaeology of precolonial West African societies in the era of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

Toby Green describes the rise of the trans-Atlantic slave trade in the aftermath of the Spanish conquest.

This book discusses how slaveholders perpetuated and rationalized a romanticized version of life on the plantation.

Toby Green describes the rise of the trans-Atlantic slave trade in the aftermath of the Spanish conquest.

This book discusses how slaveholders perpetuated and rationalized a romanticized version of life on the plantation.

This book reinterprets the end of Roman slavery, providing the most comprehensive account of a pre-modern slave system currently available.

This book reinterprets the end of Roman slavery, providing the most comprehensive account of a pre-modern slave system currently available.

A history of African slavery from the fifteenth to the early twentieth centuries.

A history of African slavery from the fifteenth to the early twentieth centuries.

Provides new insight into grassroots reconstruction after the Civil War, and into the lives of the newly emancipated African Americans.

Provides new insight into grassroots reconstruction after the Civil War, and into the lives of the newly emancipated African Americans.

Explores how disease and human responses to it influenced the South and the United States.

This book paints a vivid picture of daily life and rural economy in Russia before the 1861 abolition of serfdom.

Explores how disease and human responses to it influenced the South and the United States.

This book paints a vivid picture of daily life and rural economy in Russia before the 1861 abolition of serfdom.

Think of maritime slavery, and the notorious Middle Passage - the unprecedented, forced migration of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic - readily comes to mind.

Think of maritime slavery, and the notorious Middle Passage - the unprecedented, forced migration of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic - readily comes to mind.

The mythic story of English America's origins has long focused on the Mayflower pilgrims and their 1620 democratic compact.

A fresh reassessment of the Emancipation Proclamation that looks beyond the Lincoln mythos and sees the decision as Lincoln's last resort after his failure to persuade a divided country.

A fresh reassessment of the Emancipation Proclamation that looks beyond the Lincoln mythos and sees the decision as Lincoln's last resort after his failure to persuade a divided country.

A provocative look at the central role of slavery in Augustine's religious, ethical, and political thoughtAugustine believed that slavery is permissible, but to understand why, we must situate him in his late antique Roman intellectual context.

An exciting study of ancient slavery in Greece and Rome This book provides an introduction to pivotal issues in the study of classical (Greek and Roman) slavery.

An exciting study of ancient slavery in Greece and Rome This book provides an introduction to pivotal issues in the study of classical (Greek and Roman) slavery.

Slavery in Small Things: Slavery and Modern Cultural Habits isthe first book to explore the long-range cultural legacy of slavery through commonplace daily objects.