Questioning slavery /
For the best part of three centuries the material well-being of the western world was dependent on slavery. Yet these systems were mainly brought to a very rapid end. This text surveys the key questions of slavery, and traces the arguments which have swirled around its history in recent years. The l...
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| Idioma: | inglês |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
1996.
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Sumário:
- 1. Forging the link : Europe, Africa and the Americas
- 2. But why slavery?
- 3. Varieties of labour
- 4. Domination and control
- 5. Colour, race and subjugation
- 6. Men and women
- 7. The culture of resistance
- 8. Cultivating independence
- 9. Ending slavery
- 10. Freedom and varieties of slavery.