ABSTRACT

First published in 1988. Bringing together normally self-contained areas of research, this book presents penetrating analyses of the nature and perpetuation of slavery through the ages.

chapter |18 pages

Introduction

chapter Two|9 pages

Serfdom in Classical Greece

chapter Three|11 pages

Herodotus and the Man-Footed Creature1

chapter Seven|16 pages

Debt Bondage in Latin America

chapter Eight|12 pages

Slaves and Peasants in Buganda

chapter Fourteen|19 pages

Runaway Slaves in Nineteenth-Century Barbados