Slavery Oppression and Intolerance Social History By Topic
Slavery Oppression and Intolerance Social History By Topic
Slavery is a system used to control people against their will, usually through violence or other forms of coercion, and in historical terms slavery is often associated with chattel slavery, an economic system in which laborers are considered the property of their masters.
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The Terrible Transformation - Numerous articles tracing the origins of American slavery from the European incursion into Africa to mid 18th century America, maps, timelines, and illustrations.
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Ignatius Sancho: African Man of Letters - A comprehensive introduction to the life and work of an 18th century slave, and his achievements in London; includes a biography, extracts from his writing, images, links, music, and bibliography,
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Quobna Ottobah Cugoano :: a Former Slave Speaks Out - An introduction to the author of the first substantial anti-slavery text written in English by an African. Includes a biography, extracts from his writing, images, links, and a bibliography.
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Olaudah Equiano - Excerpts from Equiano's slave autobiography, a best-seller of the 18th century that had a major impact on English and American public opinion.
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Slave Movement during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries - This site provides access to raw data and documentation on a variety of slave trade topics from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
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Slavery and Abolition: A Journal of Slave and Post-Slave Studies - Journal covering demographic, social, economic, historical and psychological aspects of slavery and its eradication from the ancient period to the present.
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Slavery, Abolition, and Emancipation - Resources including slave narratives, biographies of abolitionists, images, poetry, links, and further readings.
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Race and Slavery in the Middle East - Two chapters on the roots of African slavery, specifically in the Middle eastern region, by Bernard Lewis, Oxford University Press.
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Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition - Center at Yale University dedicated to the investigation and dissemination of knowledge concerning all aspects of chattel slavery and its destruction.
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