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Patterson discusses the internal dynamics of slavery in 66 societies over time. These include Greece and Rome, medieval Europe, China, Korea, the Islamic kingdoms, Africa, the Caribbean islands, and the American South. Slavery, he argues, is a single process of recruitment, incorporation on the margin of society, and eventual manumission or death.

Slavery and Social Death

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    Publisher: Harvard University Press
    Publication Date: 15/10/2018
    ISBN13: 9780674986909, 978-0674986909
    ISBN10: 0674986903
    Also in:
    History Slavery, enslaved persons and abolition of slavery

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    Book Synopsis
    Patterson discusses the internal dynamics of slavery in 66 societies over time. These include Greece and Rome, medieval Europe, China, Korea, the Islamic kingdoms, Africa, the Caribbean islands, and the American South. Slavery, he argues, is a single process of recruitment, incorporation on the margin of society, and eventual manumission or death.

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