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Traces the practice of slavery throughout the millennia, drawing on historical narratives, personal accounts, and visual sources to cover such examples as the ancient Sumerian practice of selling impoverished children into bondage and the oppression of ninth-century Zanj salt marsh workers.
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Imprint:
Toronto - Tundra Books
Pages:
168
ISBN:
9780887769146, 0887769144
Call number:
j 306.36209 G198f 2011
Language:
English
Contents:
To be a slave
Kings, pharaohs, and prophets: the Ancient Near East
Rebellion and revenge: Ancient Greece and Rome
Saints and Vikings: Europe in the Middle Ages
In the realm of the Qurʹan: slavery under Islam
Caravans, canoes, and captives: Africa
Explorers, laborers, warriors, chiefs: the Americas
The treacherous triangle: South America and the Caribbean
"The monster is dead!": British abolition
In the land of liberty: North America
Civil war, civil rights: The United States
Blackbirders, coolies, and slave girls: Asia and the Southern Pacific
Slavery is not history
The modern world
To be free
Kings, pharaohs, and prophets: the Ancient Near East
Rebellion and revenge: Ancient Greece and Rome
Saints and Vikings: Europe in the Middle Ages
In the realm of the Qurʹan: slavery under Islam
Caravans, canoes, and captives: Africa
Explorers, laborers, warriors, chiefs: the Americas
The treacherous triangle: South America and the Caribbean
"The monster is dead!": British abolition
In the land of liberty: North America
Civil war, civil rights: The United States
Blackbirders, coolies, and slave girls: Asia and the Southern Pacific
Slavery is not history
The modern world
To be free
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 162) and index
To be a slave -- Kings, pharaohs, and prophets: the Ancient Near East -- Rebellion and revenge: Ancient Greece and Rome -- Saints and Vikings: Europe in the Middle Ages -- In the realm of the Qurʹan: slavery under Islam -- Caravans, canoes, and captives: Africa -- Explorers, laborers, warriors, chiefs: the Americas -- The treacherous triangle: South America and the Caribbean -- "The monster is dead!": British abolition -- In the land of liberty: North America -- Civil war, civil rights: The United States -- Blackbirders, coolies, and slave girls: Asia and the Southern Pacific -- Slavery is not history -- The modern world -- To be free
To be a slave -- Kings, pharaohs, and prophets: the Ancient Near East -- Rebellion and revenge: Ancient Greece and Rome -- Saints and Vikings: Europe in the Middle Ages -- In the realm of the Qurʹan: slavery under Islam -- Caravans, canoes, and captives: Africa -- Explorers, laborers, warriors, chiefs: the Americas -- The treacherous triangle: South America and the Caribbean -- "The monster is dead!": British abolition -- In the land of liberty: North America -- Civil war, civil rights: The United States -- Blackbirders, coolies, and slave girls: Asia and the Southern Pacific -- Slavery is not history -- The modern world -- To be free
Statement of responsibility:
Marjorie Gann and Janet Willen
Characteristics:
168 p. :,ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ;,24 cm
Author (Original Script):
Gann, Marjorie
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