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A Brief History of Slavery (Brief Histories) Book

This is a thought-provoking and important book that raises essential issues crucial not only for 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 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. In the Atlantic trade, Black also looks at the controversial area of how complicit the African people were in the trade. He then charts the long fight for abolition in the 19th century, including both the campaigners as well as the lost voices of the slaves themselves who spoke of their misery. Finally, as Black points out, slavery has not been completely abolished today and coerced labour can be found closer to home than is comfortable.Read More

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  • Foyles

    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 the present in the form of contemporary crimes such as 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 to consolidate 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 one might expect.

  • ASDA

    Reveals how slavery was first developed in the ancient world and explores contemporary crimes of trafficking and bonded labour. This title shows how slavery has taken many forms in history and across the world - from the uprising of Spartacus the plantations of the Indies and the murderous forced labour of the gulags and concentration camps.

  • BookDepository

    A Brief History of Slavery : Paperback : Little, Brown Book Group : 9781849016896 : 1849016895 : 23 Nov 2021 : A new global history of slavery from its ancient origins through the horrors of the Atlantic trade to the present day.

  • 1849016895
  • 9781849016896
  • Jeremy Black
  • 18 August 2011
  • Robinson
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 320
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