01984cam a2200349 a 450000100090000000300040000900500170001300800410003001000170007102000250008802000220011302000240013502000210015903500240018004000830020404200140028705000190030108200170032010000260033724500480036324600350041126000810044630000270052749000210055450400660057550503470064152005640098865000220155265000190157465500190159383000220161216537649OSt20191022162028.0101115s2011    pau      b    001 0 eng d  a  2010940978  a9780762442775 (pbk.)  a0762442778 (pbk.)  a9781849016896 (pbk)  a1849016895 (pbk)  a(OCoLC)ocn701015417  aBTCTAbengcBTCTAdOCOdYDXCPdBDXdBKXdAU@dVP@dOCLCAdEYPdOCLCFdM6UdDLC  alccopycat00aE446bB53 201104a306.3/62223  aBlack, Jeremy,d1955-12aA brief history of slavery /cJeremy Black.34aSlavery : a new global history  aPhiladelphia :bRunning Press Book Publishers ;aLondon :bRobinson,cc2011.  axiii, 322 p. ;c20 cm.1 aBrief history of  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [260]-302) and index.0 aIntroduction -- Pre-1500 -- The age of conquest, 1500-1600 -- The spread of capitalist slavery, 1600-1700 -- Slavery before abolitionism, 1700-1780 -- Revolution, abolitionism and the contrasting fortunes of the slave trade and slavery, 1780-1850 -- The end of slavery, 1830-1930? -- A troubled present, 1930-2011 -- Legacies and conclusions.  aSlavery is as old as the world itself and expert and professor Jeremy Black will show that its history is one that is central to our understanding of the modern world. This essential guide is a new global history of slavery from ancient times to the present day, includes fascinating new insights and interpretations including the role of slavery within Islam, the complicity of some Africans in the transatlantic trade, and will raise key questions about the persistence of slavery today and what our governments are doing about it.--Publisher's description. 0aSlaveryxHistory. 7aSlavery.2fast 7aHistory.2fast 0aBrief history of.