Historical Dictionary of Slavery and Abolition, Second Edition

Historical Dictionary of Slavery and Abolition, Second Edition - Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements

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Publisher's Synopsis

For almost four thousand years, men and women with power have exploited vulnerable populations for cheap or free labor. These slaves, serfs, helots, tenants, peons, bonded or forced laborers, etc., built pyramids and temples, dug canals and mined the earth for precious metals and gemstones. They built the palaces and mansions in which the powerful lived, grown the food they ate, spun the cloth that clothed them.   This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Slavery and Abolition relates the long and brutal history of slavery and the struggle for abolition using several key features: ·Chronology ·Introductory essay ·Appendixes ·Extensive bibliography ·Over 500 cross-referenced entries on forms of slavery, famous slaves and abolitionists, sources of slaves, and current conditions of modern slavery around the world   This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about slavery and abolition.  

Book information

ISBN: 9780810859661
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pub date:
Edition: Second edition
DEWEY: 306.362097303
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 478
Weight: 880g
Height: 236mm
Width: 157mm
Spine width: 36mm