| Summary: | This book provides an overview of the main themes surrounding the history of slavery over the last two milennia. Offering a transnational history of slavery, the chapters have all been specially commissioned for the collection. The volume begins by delineating the global nature of the institution of slavery, examining slavery in different parts of the world and over time. Topics covered here include slavery in Africa and the Indian Ocean World, as well as the Transatlantic Slave Trade. The chapters explore different themes that define slavery such as slave culture, the slave economy, slave resistance and the planter class, as well as areas of life affected by slavery, such as family and work. The final part of the book presents changes and continuities over time, looking at areas such as abolition, the aftermath of emancipation, and commemoration. The volume concludes with a chapter on modern slavery.--description provided by publisher.
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