This book is a cross-cultural examination of slavery. It draws
material from the many regions, and widely separated historical
periods, in which slavery has existed - ancient Greece and Rome,
medieval Europe, the Muslim societies of the Middle East and
Africa, sub-Saharan Africa and the Americas. With such a wide
geographic and chronological scope, "Slavery" will provoke
historians and sociologists to make new connections and see old
problems in a fresh light.
Turley analyses three key themes in the history of slavery: the
social and economic importance of slavery within societies, the
experience of slavery by both the slaves and those who control
them, and the means by which slavery was reproduced and maintained
in different societies. Employing this thematic approach, Turley
acknowledges the historical diversity of slavery and develops two
models of slave societies - those in which slavery was primarily a
domestic institution (societies with slaves) and in those in which
it was the mode of production on which the dominant group depended
for its position (slave societies).
The book also explains how slavery was maintained by discussing
the role of race, ethnicity and religious differences in the
functioning of slave systems. Turley completes this wide-ranging
analysis of slavery by examining emancipation, showing that both
the early modern expansion of slavery and its ending were
paradoxically connected to different phases of European
imperialism.
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