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From Chattel Slavery to Modern Slavery : A Legal and Ethnographic History.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Casey-Maslen, Stuart.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Slavery--History.
- Slavery.
- Forced labor--History.
- Forced labor.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (423 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bradford : Ethics International Press Limited, 2025.
- Summary:
- Chattel slavery, in which people were considered as objects to be bought, sold, and destroyed, dates back to the dawn of civilisation. This work documents the legal basis for slavery and its many abuses across the ages by some of the main enslavers. The voices of the victims and those who observed their plight are given prominence as personal histories in each chapter. Slavery in the modern era includes enslavement by the Nazi regime and most recently of the Yazidis in Iraq and Syria by Islamic State. Slave-like practices, often termed modern slavery, are also included in a chapter of this volume. The book ends with consideration of whether reparations for historic slavery should be made.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Introduction
- The Transatlantic Slave Trade
- Chattel Slavery in the Modern Era
- Legal Personality
- Slave Punishments
- A Complete Absence of Sexual Autonomy
- Escape
- Manumission
- Abolition of Slavery
- 'New' or 'Modern' Slavery
- Endnotes
- Chapter 1 Slavery in Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt (4500 to 330 BCE)
- The Third Dynasty of Ur
- Child slavery
- The Old Babylonian Period
- The Code of Hammurabi
- Fugitive slaves
- Female enslavement
- Manumission: Prospects and Consequences
- Slavery in Ancient Egypt
- Slavery in the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms
- Slavery in Ptolemaic Egypt
- Chapter 2 Athenian Slavery (500 to 300 BCE)
- The Extent of Slavery in Classical Greece
- The origin of slaves
- The Life and Work of Slaves in Classical Athens
- Ownership of property and the incurrence of debts
- Public slaves
- Slavery in manufacturing and service industries
- The Treatment of Slaves
- Regular punishment and limited protection
- A complete absence of sexual autonomy
- Flight: consequences and prevention
- Slaves in legal proceedings
- The closed Athenian system of slavery
- Chapter 3 Roman Slavery (575 BCE to 550 CE)
- The contribution of Christianity to slavery
- Roman Enslavement
- Enslavement of prisoners
- Debt slavery
- Enslavement through piracy
- Slave markets
- Slaves born to slaves
- The Life, Work, and Death of Slaves in Ancient Rome
- The 'offence' of attacking another man's slave
- Private slaves
- Slaves in trades and commerce
- Slaves in mining
- Slaves in farming
- Slaves in the arena
- Slavery and disability
- The Legal Treatment of Slaves
- Flight: consequences and prevention.
- Slaves in legal proceedings
- Slave Revolts
- Chapter 4 Slavery in Qin and Han Dynasty China (221 BCE to 220 CE)
- Methods of Enslavement
- Enslavement of prisoners and defendants (and their families)
- Enslavement through kidnapping
- The Life and Work of Slaves in the Han and Qin Dynasties
- The right to punish
- The interregnum of Wang Mang
- Runaway slaves
- Slaves and legal proceedings
- Concluding Remarks
- Chapter 5 Scandinavian Enthralment (800 to 1335 CE)
- Enslavement of criminals
- Slave trading and slave markets
- Child slaves
- Female slaves
- The Life and Work of Slaves in the Enthralment
- Legal testimony
- Chapter 6 Slavery in Medieval Arabia (500 to 1500 CE)
- Enslavement through capture in war
- The Life and Work of Slaves in Medieval Arabia
- Business agency and skilled professionals
- Military service
- Slave rebellions
- Chapter 7 Roma Slavery in Wallachia and Moldavia (1385-1856 CE)
- The Life and Work of Roma Slaves
- A limited right to marry
- Endnotes.
- Chapter 8 Portuguese Enslavement and Slavery in Brazil (1441-1850)
- Portugal's Role in the Slave Trade
- Kidnapping
- Slaves in Portugal
- Slave 'breeding'
- Slave Rebellions on Land
- The Abolition of the Portuguese Slave Trade
- The Life and Work of Slaves in Brazil
- Child and female slaves
- The Legal Treatment of Slaves in Brazil
- Self-employed slaves
- Limited civil rights
- Slave rebellions in Brazil
- The end to Brazilian slavery
- Chapter 9 Slavery in the United States (1492-1865)
- The Slave Trade to America
- Slaves in the Antebellum United States
- The legal treatment of slaves
- The Abolition of Slavery in the United States
- Frederick Douglass
- The Amistad case
- The Dred Scott case
- Lincoln and abolition
- Chapter 10 British Enslavement and Slavery in the Caribbean (1562-1833)
- Britain's Role in the Slave Trade
- The Zong case
- British Slaves in the Caribbean
- The legal treatment of British slaves
- Fugitive slaves and 'marronnage'
- Slaves in Britain
- The Somerset case
- The Abolition of the Slave Trade and Slavery in the British Empire
- Chapter 11 French Enslavement in Saint Domingue (Haiti) (1571-1804)
- France's Role in the Slave Trade
- The abolition of the French slave trade
- The Life and Work of Slaves in Saint-Domingue
- The Legal Treatment of Slaves in Saint-Domingue
- The status of children
- Fugitive slaves.
- The Slave Rebellions in Saint-Domingue and the Creation of Haiti
- Chapter 12 Nazi Slavery (1933-45)
- The Forced Labour Programme
- Industrial use of slave labourers
- The Treatment of Forced Labourers
- Abuse of labourers in Krupp factories
- Use of slave labour in the Nazi rocket programme
- Individual Accountability Before the Law … of a Sort
- The criminal responsibility of Hans Frank and Fritz Sauckel
- The criminal responsibility of Albert Speer
- The (non) responsibility of the industrialists
- Chapter 13 Yazidi Enslavement by Islamic State (2014 to 2017 and beyond)
- The Life and Work of Slaves in the Caliphate
- The Legal Treatment of Slaves by Islamic State
- Manumission in the Caliphate
- Dealing with the Long-term Consequences of Enslavement
- Chapter 14 Modern Slavery
- International Law and Modern Slavery
- The Definitions of Modern Slavery
- Human Trafficking
- Sexual Enslavement
- The Kunarac, Kovač, and Vuković cases
- The López Soto case
- UN peacekeeping troops and forced prostitution in Kosovo
- Forced Labour
- Modern slavery and supply chains
- Modern slavery in the cocoa industry
- Imprisonment and forced labour
- Trafficking in persons for the purpose of organ removal
- Trafficking of persons with disabilities
- The intersection of forced marriage and human trafficking
- Chapter 15 Reparations for Chattel Slavery
- The Growing Pressure for Reparations
- The Nature of Reparations under International Law
- Reparations by States
- Reparations by Corporations and Individuals
- Index.
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- ISBN:
- 1-83711-230-4
- OCLC:
- 1521496638
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