Cultural History of Slavery and Human Trafficking

Benjamin N. Lawrance is Professor of History at the University of Arizona, USA. He is the author of Amistad's Orphans: An Atlantic Story of Children, Slavery, and Smuggling (2014). He is also the co-editor of several books, including Adjudicating Refugee and Asylum Status: The Role of Witness, Expertise, and Testimony (2015; with Galya Ruffer) and Trafficking in Slavery’s Wake: Law and the Experience of Women and Children in Africa (2012; with Richard L. Roberts).

• Volume 1: A Cultural History of Slavery and Human Trafficking in the Ancient WorldEdited by Grant Parker and David Cohen, both Stanford University, USAVolume 2: A Cultural History of Slavery and Human Trafficking in the Pre-Modern EraEdited by Thomas J. MacMaster, Morehouse College, USA and Angela Zhang, York University, CanadaVolume 3: A Cultural History of Slavery and Human Trafficking in the Age of EncountersEdited by R.A. Kashanipour, University of Arizona, USAVolume 4: A Cultural History of Slavery and Human Trafficking in the Age of EmpireEdited by Mariana P. Candido, Emory University, USAVolume 5: A Cultural History of Slavery and Human Trafficking in the Age of Global ConflictEdited by Henrice Altink, University of York, UKVolume 6: A Cultural History of Slavery and Human Trafficking in the Age of Globalization Edited by Matilde Ventrella, Liverpool John Moores University, UKEach volume follows this structure: List of illustrationsIntroduction1. Definitions and Ideologies of Slavery and Trafficking Slavery2. Trafficking and the Law3. Political Cultures4. Coercive Laboring Economies5. Social Organization, Culture, and Ritual6. Gender, Enslavement, and Trafficking7. Age, Enslavement, and Trafficking8. Anti-Slavery, Anti-Trafficking and Abolition OutcomesNotesBibliographyIndex