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Author Klein, Martin A

Title Historical dictionary of slavery and abolition / Martin A. Klein
Edition Second edition
Published Lanham : Rowman and Littlefield, [2014]

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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 451 pages)
Series Historical dictionaries of religions, philosophies, and movements
Historical dictionaries of religions, philosophies, and movements.
Summary "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 ... 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. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about slavery and abolition."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-450)
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Subject Slavery -- History -- Dictionaries
Antislavery movements -- History -- Dictionaries
Abolitionists -- History -- Dictionaries
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Abolitionists
Antislavery movements
Slavery
Genre/Form dictionaries.
Dictionaries
History
Dictionaries.
Dictionnaires.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2020738768
ISBN 9780810875289
0810875284