Cette série explore les histoires complexes et souvent méconnues de l'esclavage après l'émancipation. Elle examine les héritages durables, les formes de résistance et les luttes continues pour la liberté à travers diverses périodes historiques et régions géographiques. Les ouvrages offrent un aperçu approfondi des manifestations variées de la servitude et des efforts persistants en faveur de la libération. Elle favorise un dialogue multidisciplinaire et international sur ces sujets cruciaux.
Armstrong charts the legacy of slavery in the United States by tracing the representations of global slavery's victims and perpetrators in popular culture after the Civil War. In doing so, she reveals the rhetorical manoeuvres that were used to justify exploitation and forced labour both in the... číst celé
Contemporary enslavement remains invisible because it operates as a criminal enterprise rather than a legal institution. This volume addresses modern-day slavery by developing historical perspectives that render it vividly recognizable. Uses historical inquiry to expose its roots, describe its varieties, and offer guidance for those who oppose it.
Examines the impact fugitive slaves had on the Fugitive Slave Law and the coming of the American Civil War.
An innovative, interdisciplinary anthology arguing that we are unable to fully understand slavery - then and now - without attending to children's roles in slavery's machinations.