Slavery / Edition 1

by Stanley Engerman, Seymour Drescher, Robert Paquette

Overview

This new Reader draws on a range of documentary sources to show the origins, history, and realities of slavery and the slave trade. Exploring the economic, cultural, and political role of slavery, the volume shows the similarities as well as the differences in different times and places. While focusing primarily on the Americas, the volume extends to a consideration of slavery in other societies in the classical world, Africa, Asia, and the contemporary world. With over 150 selections, varying from one paragraph to several pages in length, the volume ranges widely, from international slave trade regulations and the individual records of slaveowners, to legislative debate concerning the emancipation of slaves. The volume aims to show the diversity of human experiences of slavery, and explains the causes of both the ending as well as the origins of slavery. Covering many aspects of slavery, the volume considers the ways in which slavery has been justified and attacked, the operations of slave societies, and the experiences of those living in them. Selections are drawn from a wide variety of sources, such as biblical and philosophical discussions, the writings of slaves, slaveowners, abolitionists, economists, lawyers, and historians. In addition, the volume includes selections from many leading historians and economists studying slavery and emancipation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780192893024
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	05/17/2001
Series:	Oxford Readers
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	516
Sales rank:	836,748
Product dimensions:	9.22(w) x 6.16(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Stanley L. Engerman is Professor of Economics and History at the University of Rochester, NY. His publications include 'The Colonial Era', volume I of 'The Cambridge Economic History of the United States' (edited with Robert Gallman, 1996). Robert Paquette is Professor of History at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. He is the author of 'Sugar is Made with Blood: The Conspiracy of La Escalera and the Conflict between Empires over Slavery in Cuba' (1998). Seymour Drescher is Professor of History and Sociology at the University of Pittsburgh. His publications include 'The Meaning of Freedom: Economics, Politics and Culture after Slavery' (1992).

Table of Contents

IntroductionMeaningThe BiblePolitics, AristotleEthics, AristotleDe Officis, CiceroLeviathan, Thomas HobbesSpirit of the Laws, Baron de MontesquieuThe Six Books of a Commonweale, Jean BodinA Philosophical Dictionary, Francois VoltaireEncyclopedie, Denis DiderotNotes on the State of Virginia, Thomas JeffersonScience of Right, Immanuel KantLetter to Domingo del Monte, 25 June 1835, Juan Francisco ManzanoBeyond Good and Evil, Friedrich NietzscheLord and Peasant in Russia, Jerome BlumThe Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, 1770-1823, David Brion DavisRoll, Jordan, Roll, Eugene D. GenoveseAncient Slavery and Modern Ideology, Sir Moses I. FinleySlavery in Russia 1405-1725, Richard HellieFrom Slavery to Feudalism in South-Western Europe, Pierre BonnassieThe Origins of Peasant Servitude in Medieval Catalonia, Paul FreedomSlavery in Early Medieval England, David A. E. PelteretSlavery in Africa, Suzanne Miers and Igor KopytoffAfrica and Africans in the Making of the Atlantic World, John ThorntonThe Origins and Methods of EnslavementThe BibleThe City of God, St. AugustinePraeloquia 935-937 AD, Bishop Ratherius of VeronaLife of Johnson, James BoswellSlavery as an Industrial System, H.J. NieboerWhite over Black, Winthrop D. JordanAmerican Slavery, American Freedom, Edmund S. MorganSlavery in Russia, Richard HellieSlavery and Social Death, Orlando PattersonRace and Color in Islam, Bernard LewisSlavery, Race, Ideology, FieldsAfrica and Africans in the Making of the Atlantic World, John ThorntonEuropeans and the Rise and Fall of Slavery, David EltisSlave LawsThe BibleDigest of JustinianMuscovite Society, Richard HellieThe Reign of Sovereign, Richard HellieCode Noir 1685Commentaries on the Laws of England, William BlackstoneSouthern Slavery and the Law 1619-1860, Thomas D. MorrisDanish Slave Code 1733Codigo Negro 1789Cuban Slave Law 1842Somersett Decision 1772Barbados Laws: Excerpts from 1661Rio Branco Law 1871Abolitionism: The Brazilian Antislavery Struggle, Joaquim NabucoAn Inquiry into the Law of Negro Slavery (1858), T.R. CobbMassachusetts Code 1641Virginia Code 1705The Babylonian LawsThe KoranThe Slave TradeDocuments Illustrative of the Slave Trade to America, Elizabeth DonnanThe Journal of a Slave Trader 1750-4, John NewtonThoughts and Sentiments on the Evil of Slavery (1787), Ottobah CugoanoParliamentary PapersNouveau Voyage, Jean Baptist LabatThe Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Olaudah EquianoThe African Slave Trade and its Remedy, Sir Thomas Fowell BuxtonCuba-Chinese 1812 Contract, HamoaThe Merchant of Prato, Marchesa Iris OrigoThe Atlantic Slave Trade: A Census, Philip D. CurtinWoolf and Sereer of Senegambia, Martin KleinThe Middle Passage, Herbert S. Klein(Forthcoming on total slave trade), David EltisTransactions in People: The Chinese Market in Slaves, Servants, and Heirs, James L. WatsonAbolition of the Slave Trade from Senegambia, Philip D. CurtinOdious Commerce: Britain, Spain, and the abolition of the Cuban Slave Trade, David MurrayTransformations in Slavery, Paul E. LovejoyBali: Slavery and the Slave Trade, Alfons van der KraanTraders, Planters, and Slaves, David W. GalenstonEconomic Growth and the Ending of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, David EltisEconomic Aspects of the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Slave Trade, Herbert S. KleinSlavery and Society in Medieval Scandinavia, Ruth Mazo KarrasLabour in the South Pacific, Clive Moore, Jaqueline Leckie and Doug MunroSugar Plantations in the Formation of Brazilian Society, Stuart SchwartzWithout Consent or Contract, Robert William FogelCoolies and Mandarins, Ch'ing-Hwang YenThe Anthropology of Slavery, Claude MeillassouxFlourishing Business ('The Economist' 21.09.1996)Trade and Traders in Muslim Spain, Olivia Remie ConstableSlavery in the Islamic Middle East, Michel Le GallThe Experience of SlaveryLife of St BalthidHistory of Mary Prince, Mary PrincePlantation Manual of James Hammond, James Henry HammondAppeal, David WalkerMy Bondage and My Freedom, Frederick DouglassCotton Plantation Book: Duties of Overseers, Thomas AffleckNight-Time Meetings, DebienDescription, Mederic Louis Elie Moreau de Saint MeryThe Black Jacobins, C.L.R. JamesThe Masters and the Slaves, Gilberto FreyreThe Birth of African-American Culture, Sidney W. Mintz and Richard S. PrinceAnother Dimension to the Black Diaspora, Kenneth F. KiplePlantation SlavesSlave Life in Rio de Janeiro 1808-1850, Mary KaraschWomen in ChinaSlave Populations of the British Caribbean, B.W. HigmanRoll, Jordan, Roll, Eugene D. GenoveseWithout Consent or Contract, Robert W. FogelUnfree Labour, Peter KolchinWithin the Plantation Household, Elizabeth Fox-GenoveseTobacco and Slaves, Allan KulikoffSlave Counterpoint, Philp D. MorganSt. Vincent InterviewResistanceLaws, PlatoPolitics, AristotleAnnals, TacitusLives of Noble Grecians and Romas, PlutarchHistory of Al-Tabari, Jarir al-TabariThe Church and Black Slaves in Santo DomingoHistoria General y natural de las Indias, Gonzalo Fernandez de OvietoChildren of God's Fire, Robert ConradThe Colonial Records of the State of GeorgiaCuracao (London Magazine 1750)In Miserable Slavery, Douglas HallNarrative of a Five Years expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, John Gabriel StedmanGreat Lives Observed: Toussaint L'Ouverture, George F. TysonHAHR, Stuart SchwartzMonituer dela LouisianeHambelton Letter, Samuel HambletonBritish Parliamentary Papers: Correspondence relating to Slavery and the Abolition of the Slave Trade 1823-4The Trial of Denmark Vesey, John Oliver KillensCuban ResistanceConfession of Nat TurnerDeath Struggles of Slavery, Henry BlebyAmerican Negro Slave Revolts, Herbert ApthekerJournal of World History, Sidney W. MintzRoll, Jordan, Roll, Eugene D. GenoveseFrom Rebellion to Revolution, Eugene D. GenoveseIslam and Slave Rebellion in Bahia, Brazil, Joao Jose Reis and P.F. de Moreas FariaTesting the Chains, Michael CratonBondsmen and Rebels, David Barry GasparMy Bondage and My Freedom, Frederick DouglassCooper Union Talk 1860, Araham LincolnSlave Resistance and Social History, Robert L. PaquetteFeast and Riot on the Swahili Coast, Jonathan GlassmanA Turbulent Time, David GeggusRichardson Correspondence 1848Domination and the Arts of Resistance, James ScottEconomics and DemographyOeconomicus, XenophonOeconomica, AristotleInstructions to the Jesuits, Francois ChevalierA View of the Art of Colonization, Edward Gibbon WakefieldLectures on Colonization and Colonies, Herman MerivaleSlave Populations, B.W. HigmanWithout Consent or Contract, Robert W. FogelSugar Plantations in the Formation of Brazilian Society, Stuart SchwartzSlave Trader NewsletterSlave Trade Advertisement 1861Wealth of Nations, Adam SmithEconomic Sophisms, Frederic BastiatThe Negro Question, J.S. MillPrinciples of Political Economy, J.S. MillAn Inquiry into the Priciples of Political Oeconomy, James StuartCapital, Karl MarxThe Theory of Social and Economic Organization, Max WeberCapitalism and Slavery, Eric WilliamsHow Europe Underdeveloped Africa, Walter RodneyThe Sugarmill, Manuel Moreno FraginalsThe Causes of Slavery or Serfdom: A Hypothesis, Evsey D. DomarSlavery and African Life, Patrick ManningSlavery in the Islamic Middle East, Michel Le GallAbolition and EmancipationAncient and Modern Ideology, Sir Moses I. FinleyCapitalism and Anti-Slavery, Seymour DrescherOn Social Reform, Alexis de Toqueville and BeaumontHansard 1843Hansard 1846The Nigger Question, Thomas CarlyleThe Diary of Edmund Ruffin, Edmund RuffinMississippi Legislature 1850Black Abolitionist Papers vol. VArmy Life in a Black Regiment, Thomas Wentworth HigginsonEmancipation Proclamation 1863Thirteenth AmendmentDefining the Boundaries of Freedom in the World of Cane, Rebecca J. ScottThe Liberator 1831Paris Ethnological Society Debate 1847Resolution of 1784General Assembly Virginia 1785Extract from 'The Economist' (1997)