{"product_id":"what-is-slavery-9780745671512","title":"What Is Slavery","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is slavery? It seems a simple enough question. Despite the long history of the institution and its widespread use around the globe, many people still largely associate slavery, outside of the biblical references in the Old Testament, to the enslavement of Africans in America, particularly the United States.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This small book is something of a miracle, telling a story of global importance and ancient lineage in ways both evocative and efficient. No other single volume better explains the origins and evolution of slavery in American history.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdward L. Ayers, University of Richmond\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Brenda Stevenson’s \u003ci\u003eWhat is Slavery?\u003c\/i\u003e fills a huge gap in our knowledge of humans behaving badly and reveals the violence, abuse, and exploitation that accompanied this inhumane practice. This is a welcome and much-needed addition to the scholarship on slavery in the ancient and modern world.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eV. P. Franklin, University of California\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: What is Slavery?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter One: Slavery Across Time and Place Before the Atlantic Slave Trade\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Two: African Beginnings and the Atlantic Slave Trade\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Three: African People in the Colonial World of North America\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Four: Slavery and Antislavery in Antebellum America (144)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53515475059031,"sku":"9780745671512","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/what-is-slavery-9780745671512","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}