02791nam 2200625 450 991045874970332120200520144314.00-8108-7528-4(CKB)2550000001353316(EBL)1782802(OCoLC)890786394(SSID)ssj0001333037(PQKBManifestationID)12517781(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001333037(PQKBWorkID)11385615(PQKB)10074922(MiAaPQ)EBC1782802(Au-PeEL)EBL1782802(CaPaEBR)ebr10930461(CaONFJC)MIL643842(EXLCZ)99255000000135331620140924h20142014 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrHistorical dictionary of slavery and abolition /Martin A. KleinSecond edition.London, England :Rowman & Littlefield,2014.©20141 online resource (479 p.)Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and MovementsDescription based upon print version of record.0-8108-5966-1 1-322-12589-9 Includes bibliographical references.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.Historical dictionaries of religions, philosophies, and movements.SlaveryHistoryDictionariesAntislavery movementsHistoryDictionariesAbolitionistsHistoryDictionariesElectronic books.SlaveryHistoryAntislavery movementsHistoryAbolitionistsHistory306.3/62097303Klein Martin A.41829MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458749703321Historical dictionary of slavery and abolition1982612UNINA