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Classical Slavery
Häftad, 2003
1047 kr
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Slavery in Greece and Rome has always prompted comparisons with that of more recent history. This volume includes discussions of the relationship between war, piracy and slavery, early abolitionist movements as well as the supply and domestic aspects of slavery in these ancient societies.
Motherhood, Childlessness and the Care of Children in Atlantic Slave Societies
Av Camillia Cowling, Maria Helena Pereira Toledo Machado m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
2592 kr
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This book provides critical perspectives on the multiple forms of ‘mothering’ that took place in Atlantic slave societies. Facing repeated child death, mothering was a site of trauma and grief for many, even as slaveholders romanticized enslaved women’s work in caring for slaveholders' children. …
Representations of Slave Women in Discourses on Slavery and Abolition, 1780–1838
Inbunden, 2007
3173 kr
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This book analyzes textual representations of Jamaican slave women in three contexts--motherhood, intimate relationships, and work--in both pro- and antislavery writings. Altink examines how British abolitionists and pro-slavery activists represented the slave women to their audiences and explains …
Abolition and Its Aftermath in the Indian Ocean Africa and Asia
Häftad, 2012
942 kr
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This important collection of essays examines the history and impact of the abolition of the slave trade and slavery in the Indian Ocean World, a region stretching from Southern and Eastern Africa to the Middle East, India, Southeast Asia and the Far East.Slavery studies have traditionally …
Representations of Slave Women in Discourses on Slavery and Abolition, 1780–1838
Häftad, 2014
851 kr
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This book analyzes textual representations of Jamaican slave women in three contexts--motherhood, intimate relationships, and work--in both pro- and antislavery writings. Altink examines how British abolitionists and pro-slavery activists represented the slave women to their audiences and explains …
Resisting Bondage in Indian Ocean Africa and Asia
Av Edward A. Alpers, Gwyn Campbell m. fl.
Inbunden, 2006
1892 kr
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This important collection of essays examines the history and impact of the abolition of the slave trade and slavery in the Indian Ocean World, a region stretching from Southern and Eastern Africa to the Middle East, India, Southeast Asia and the Far East.Slavery studies have traditionally …
Classical Slavery
Inbunden, 1987
2600 kr
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Slavery in Greece and Rome has always prompted comparisons with that of more recent history. This volume includes discussions of the relationship between war, piracy and slavery, early abolitionist movements as well as the supply and domestic aspects of slavery in these ancient societies.
Reconstructing the Black Past
Blacks in Britain 1780-1830
Av Norma Myers
Häftad, 1996
882 kr
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This book examines the character and composition of the black population of Britain between 1780 and 1830, previous studies of which have been hampered by a lack of demographic evidence. Drawing heavily from data collected from parish registers, contemporary newspapers and journals, parliamentary …
Unfree Labour in the Development of the Atlantic World
Av Paul E. Lovejoy, Nicholas Rogers
Häftad, 1993
836 kr
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This collection of essays examines the different forms of unfree labour that contributed to the development of the Atlantic world and, by extension, the debates and protests that emerged concerning labour servitude and the abolition of slavery in the West.
Small Islands, Large Questions
Society, Culture and Resistance in the Post-Emancipation Caribbean
Av Karen Olwig, Karen Fog Olwig
Häftad, 1995
1047 kr
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This book focuses on the post-emancipation period in the Caribbean and how local societies dealt with the new socio-economic conditions. Scholars from Jamaica, the Virgin Islands, England, Denmark and The Netherlands link this era with the contemporary Caribbean.
Against the Odds
Free Blacks in the Slave Societies of the Americas
Häftad, 1996
1047 kr
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The seven contributions contained in this collection address various forms of manumission throughout the American South as well as the Caribbean. Topics include color, class, and identity on the eve of the Haitian revolution; where free persons of color stood in the hierarchy of wealth in antebellum
Routes to Slavery
Direction, Ethnicity and Mortality in the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Av David Eltis, David Richardson
Häftad, 1997
1167 kr
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Containing records of some 25,000 slaving voyages between 1595 and 1867, this data set forms the basis of most of the papers included in this collection. Other papers offer quantitative analysis in the ethnicity of slaves, mortality trends and slaves' reconstruction of their identities.
Slavery and Colonial Rule in Africa
Av Martin A. Klein, Suzanne Miers
Häftad, 1998
1259 kr
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This book brings together a series of new case studies, some by young scholars, others by widely published authors. All are based on original research and designed to enhance our understanding of the process of the abolition of slavery in Africa at the grass-roots level. Part of the studies are on …
Popular Politics and British Anti-Slavery
The Mobilisation of Public Opinion against the Slave Trade 1787-1807
Häftad, 1998
851 kr
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In 1792, 400,000 people put their signature to petitions calling for the abolition of the slaves trade. This work explains how this remarkable expression of support for black people was organized and orchestrated, and how it contributed to the growth of popular politics in Britain.
Reconstructing the Black Past
Blacks in Britain 1780-1830
Av Norma Myers
Inbunden, 1996
2600 kr
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This book examines the character and composition of the black population of Britain between 1780 and 1830, previous studies of which have been hampered by a lack of demographic evidence. Drawing heavily from data collected from parish registers, contemporary newspapers and journals, parliamentary …
Unfree Labour in the Development of the Atlantic World
Av Paul E. Lovejoy, Nicholas Rogers
Inbunden, 1993
1575 kr
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This collection of essays examines the different forms of unfree labour that contributed to the development of the Atlantic world and, by extension, the debates and protests that emerged concerning labour servitude and the abolition of slavery in the West.
Against the Odds
Free Blacks in the Slave Societies of the Americas
Inbunden, 1996
3262 kr
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The seven contributions contained in this collection address various forms of manumission throughout the American South as well as the Caribbean. Topics include color, class, and identity on the eve of the Haitian revolution; where free persons of color stood in the hierarchy of wealth in antebellum
Routes to Slavery
Direction, Ethnicity and Mortality in the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Av David Eltis, David Richardson
Inbunden, 1997
2600 kr
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Containing records of some 25,000 slaving voyages between 1595 and 1867, this data set forms the basis of most of the papers included in this collection. Other papers offer quantitative analysis in the ethnicity of slaves, mortality trends and slaves' reconstruction of their identities.
Slavery and Colonial Rule in Africa
Av Martin A. Klein, Suzanne Miers
Inbunden, 1998
2600 kr
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This book brings together a series of new case studies, some by young scholars, others by widely published authors. All are based on original research and designed to enhance our understanding of the process of the abolition of slavery in Africa at the grass-roots level. Part of the studies are on …
From Slavery to Emancipation in the Atlantic World
Inbunden, 1999
2600 kr
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This collection examines the effects of slavery and emancipation on race, class and gender in societies of the American South, the Caribbean, Latin America and West Africa. The contributors discuss what slavery has to teach us about patterns of adjustment and change, black identity and the extent …
After Slavery
Emancipation and its Discontents
Inbunden, 2000
1892 kr
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A collection of essays in which every contributor focuses upon some aspect of slave emancipation with the aim of assessing to what extent the outcome met with expectation. The hopes and disappointments that characterized the transition from slavery to freedom are depicted.
Rethinking the African Diaspora
The Making of a Black Atlantic World in the Bight of Benin and Brazil
Inbunden, 2001
3262 kr
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As a result of new research, we can now paint a more complex picture of peoples and cultures in the south Atlantic, from the earliest period of the slave trade up to the present. The nine papers in this volume indicate that a dynamic and continuous movement of peoples east as well as west across …
Representing the Body of the Slave
Av Jane Gardner, Thomas Wiedemann
Inbunden, 2002
2904 kr
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From the ancient world through to modern times the bodies of slaves have been represented in literature, documentary and personal narrative writing, and in art. This volume presents evidence of the past sins of mankind in both art and literature.
Structure of Slavery in Indian Ocean Africa and Asia
Av Gwyn Campbell, Gwyn Campbell
Inbunden, 2003
2600 kr
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The abolition of slavery in and around the Western Indian Ocean have been little studied. This collection examines the meaning of slavery and its abolition in relation to specific indigenous societies and to Islam, a religion that embraced the entire region, and draws comparisons between similar …
Abolition and Its Aftermath in the Indian Ocean Africa and Asia
Inbunden, 2005
2842 kr
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This important collection of essays examines the history and impact of the abolition of the slave trade and slavery in the Indian Ocean World, a region stretching from Southern and Eastern Africa to the Middle East, India, Southeast Asia and the Far East.Slavery studies have traditionally …
From Slavery to Emancipation in the Atlantic World
Häftad, 1999
882 kr
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This collection examines the effects of slavery and emancipation on race, class and gender in societies of the American South, the Caribbean, Latin America and West Africa. The contributors discuss what slavery has to teach us about patterns of adjustment and change, black identity and the extent …
After Slavery
Emancipation and its Discontents
Häftad, 2000
897 kr
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A collection of essays in which every contributor focuses upon some aspect of slave emancipation with the aim of assessing to what extent the outcome met with expectation. The hopes and disappointments that characterized the transition from slavery to freedom are depicted.
Rethinking the African Diaspora
The Making of a Black Atlantic World in the Bight of Benin and Brazil
Häftad, 2001
851 kr
Lägg i varukorg
As a result of new research, we can now paint a more complex picture of peoples and cultures in the south Atlantic, from the earliest period of the slave trade up to the present. The nine papers in this volume indicate that a dynamic and continuous movement of peoples east as well as west across …
Representing the Body of the Slave
Av Jane Gardner, Thomas Wiedemann
Häftad, 2002
1405 kr
Lägg i varukorg
From the ancient world through to modern times the bodies of slaves have been represented in literature, documentary and personal narrative writing, and in art. This volume presents evidence of the past sins of mankind in both art and literature.
Structure of Slavery in Indian Ocean Africa and Asia
Häftad, 2003
1047 kr
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The abolition of slavery in and around the Western Indian Ocean have been little studied. This collection examines the meaning of slavery and its abolition in relation to specific indigenous societies and to Islam, a religion that embraced the entire region, and draws comparisons between similar …
