| Descript |
104 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm. |
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text rdacontent |
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unmediated rdamedia |
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volume rdacarrier |
| Series |
World history series |
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World history series.
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| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Slavery in the earliest civilizations -- Slavery defined as natural : ancient Greece -- Slavery on an immense scale : ancient Rome -- The early modern slave trade develops -- That "peculiar institution" : slavery in America -- Slavery's survival in the modern world. |
| Summary |
Chronicles the history of the enslavement of human beings, covering the different types of slavery from the ancient world, to the medieval era, to slavery in Europe and the United States as practiced in the nineteenth century. |
| Subject |
Slavery -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Slave trade -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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| ISBN |
9781420508604 |
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