Slavery: And Other Forms of Unfree Labour

by Archer,Leonie

• ISBN13: 9780415002042
• ISBN10: 0415002044
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1988-12-22
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Bringing together normally self-contained areas of research, this book presents penetrating analyses of the nature and perpetuation of slavery through the ages. This title available in eBook format. Click here for more information . Visit our eBookstore at: www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk .

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Slavery and Other Forms of Unfree Labour	p. 19
Serfdom in Classical Greece	p. 33
Herodotus and the Man-Footed Creature	p. 42
Notes	p. 52
Greek Theatre and the Legitimation of Slavery	p. 53
Slavery as a Punishment in Roman Criminal Law	p. 68
Biblical Laws of Slavery: a Comparative Approach	p. 86
Debt Bondage in Latin America	p. 102
Slaves and Peasants in Buganda	p. 118
Perceptions from an African Slaving Frontier	p. 130
Sudanese Military Slavery from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Century	p. 142
Mark Twain and the Ideology of Southern Slavery	p. 157
'All Americans Are Part African': Slave Influence on 'White' Values	p. 176
Further Reading	p. 187
Slave Trading and the Mentalities of Masters and Slaves in Ante-Bellum America	p. 188
Runaway Slaves in Nineteenth-Century Barbados	p. 206
Haiti: Race, Slavery and Independence (1804-1825)	p. 225
The Social-Psychological Analysis of Manumission	p. 239
'Many Clear Words to Say': Afro-American, Oral and Feminist History	p. 251
Defining Slavery-its Special Features and Social Role	p. 262
Notes	p. 277
Bibliography	p. 280
Index	p. 298
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