The Routledge History of Slavery

The Routledge History of Slavery is a landmark publication that provides an overview of the main themes surrounding the history of slavery from ancient Greece to the present day. Taking stock of the field of Slave Studies, the book explores the major advances that have taken place in the past few decades of study in this crucial field. Offering an unusual, 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. In Part Two, 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 goes on to study 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. Including essays on all the key topics and issues, this important collection from a leading international group of scholars presents a comprehensive survey of the current state of the field. It will be essential reading for all those interested in the history of slavery.

Introduction Trevor Burnard and Gad Heuman Part 1: Slavery as a Global Institution 1. Ancient Slavery Niall McKeown 2. African Slavery Paul Lovejoy 3. Slavery in the Indian Ocean World Gwyn Campbell 4. The Origins of Slavery in the Americas Betty Wood 5. The Transatlantic Slave Trade Trevor Burnard Part 2: The Character of Slavery 6. Work and the Slave Economy Lorena Walsh 7. Demography Richard Follett 8. Gender and Family Life Jennifer Morgan 9. Religion Sylvia Frey 10. Slave Culture Matt Childs 11. The Planter Class Trevor Burnard 12. Slave Resistance James Sidbury 13. Slave Rebellions Gad Heuman 14. Free Coloureds John Garrigus 15. Black-White Relations Timothy Lockley Part 3: Changes and Continuities 16. The Age of Revolutions Laurent Dubois 17. The Abolition of the Slave Trade Christopher Brown 18. Forging Freedom Steven Hahn 19. Commemorations Edward Rugemer 20. Modern Slavery Joel Quirk

Gad Heuman is Professor of History and has served as Director of the Centre for Caribbean Studies at the University of Warwick. He is the author of Between Black and White (1981), The Killing Time (1994) and The Caribbean (2006). He is the editor of the journal, Slavery & Abolition. Trevor Burnard is Professor of American History at the University of Warwick. He specialises in the history of plantation societies and slavery in the Americas and is the author of Mastery, Tyranny, and Desire: Thomas Thistlewood and his Slaves in the Anglo-Jamaican World (2004).