A Brief History of Slavery
A New Global History
Nonfiction, History, Africa, Military, Naval, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Discrimination & Race Relations
| Author: | Jeremy Black | ISBN: | 9781849017329 |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group | Publication: | August 18, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Robinson | Language: | English |
| Author: | Jeremy Black |
| ISBN: | 9781849017329 |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Publication: | August 18, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Robinson |
| Language: | English |
A thought-provoking and important book that raises essential issues crucial not only for understanding our past but also the present day.
In this panoramic history, Jeremy Black tells how slavery was first developed in the ancient world, and reaches all the way to present day and the contemporary crimes of trafficking and bonded labour. He shows how slavery has taken many forms throughout history and across the world - from the uprising of Spartacus, the plantations of the West Indies, and the murderous forced labour of the gulags and concentration camps.
Slavery helped consolidated transoceanic empires and helped mould new world societies such as America and Brazil. Black charts the long fight for abolition in the nineteenth century, looking at both the campaigners as well as the harrowing accounts of the enslaved themselves.
Slavery is still with us today, and coerced labour can be found closer to home than might be expected.
A thought-provoking and important book that raises essential issues crucial not only for understanding our past but also the present day.
In this panoramic history, Jeremy Black tells how slavery was first developed in the ancient world, and reaches all the way to present day and the contemporary crimes of trafficking and bonded labour. He shows how slavery has taken many forms throughout history and across the world - from the uprising of Spartacus, the plantations of the West Indies, and the murderous forced labour of the gulags and concentration camps.
Slavery helped consolidated transoceanic empires and helped mould new world societies such as America and Brazil. Black charts the long fight for abolition in the nineteenth century, looking at both the campaigners as well as the harrowing accounts of the enslaved themselves.
Slavery is still with us today, and coerced labour can be found closer to home than might be expected.
