Explore the profound depths of what slavery means with 'What is Slavery?', a meticulously detailed examination of one of history's most pressing moral issues. Ideal for students, educators, and history enthusiasts, this book unravels the complexities surrounding slavery, covering key aspects from the early colonial period through the Atlantic slave trade, highlighting the experiences of enslaved black individuals in the United States. Discover how slavery shaped agricultural and industrial economies and its enduring impacts on political and cultural landscapes. This comprehensive text offers insights into critical topics such as slave labor, culture, family dynamics, and resistance movements. Perfect for those seeking an insightful overview or in-depth understanding, this book is essential for academic study and personal enlightenment. With 208 pages of scholarly content and published in 2015 by John Wiley & Sons, this brand new edition is a critical addition to any library of history. Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.

Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.

Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780745671512
Year: 2015
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Pages: 208


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What is slavery? It seems a simple enough question. Despite the long history of the institution and its widespread use around the globe, many people still largely associate slavery, outside of the biblical references in the Old Testament, to the enslavement of Africans in America, particularly the United States. Slavery proved to be essential to the creation of the young nation™s agricultural and industrial economies and profoundly shaped its political and cultural landscapes, even until today.What Is Slavery? focuses on the experience of enslaved black people in the United States from its early colonial period to the dawn of that destructive war that was as much about slavery as anything else. The book begins with a survey of slavery across time and place, from the ancient world to the beginning of the Atlantic slave trade and then describes the commerce in black laborers that ushered in market globalization and brought more than 12 million Africans to the Americas, before finally examining slavery in law and practice. For those who are looking for a concise and comprehensive treatment of such topics as slave labor, culture, resistance, family and gender relations, the domestic slave trade, the regionalization of the institution in the expanding southern and southwestern frontiers, and escalating abolitionist and proslavery advocacies, this book will be essential reading.