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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815627003321

Autore

Klein Martin A.

Titolo

Historical dictionary of slavery and abolition / / Martin A. Klein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-8108-7528-4

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (479 p.)

Collana

Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements

Disciplina

306.3/62097303

Soggetti

Slavery - History

Antislavery movements - History

Abolitionists - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

For almost four thousand years, men and women with power have exploited vulnerable populations for cheap or free labor. These slaves, serfs, helots, tenants, peons, bonded or forced laborers, etc., built pyramids and temples, dug canals and mined the earth for precious metals and gemstones. They built the palaces and mansions in which the powerful lived, grown the food they ate, spun the cloth that clothed them. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Slavery and Abolition relates the long and brutal history of slavery and the struggle for abolition using several key features: ·Chronology ·Introductory essay ·Appendixes ·Extensive bibliography ·Over 500 cross-referenced entries on forms of slavery, famous slaves and abolitionists, sources of slaves, and current conditions of modern slavery around the world.