Books in the The Cambridge World History of Slavery series

Surveys the history of slavery in the ancient Mediterranean over three thousand years, concentrating particularly on the societies of ancient Greece and Rome. These are often considered as the first examples in world history of genuine slave societies because of the widespread prevalence of chattel slavery.

Volume 3 of The Cambridge World History of Slavery is a collection of essays exploring the various manifestations of coerced labor in Africa, Asia and the Americas between the opening up of the Atlantic world and the formal creation of the new nation of Haiti.

This volume is aimed at both scholars and general readers who have an interest in how coerced labor operated in many different parts of the world, how it affected enslaved peoples, how it came to be abolished, and what forms of labor control followed in its aftermath.

This volume is aimed at researchers, teachers, and students who are interested in a global overview of slavery and the slave trade in the period between 500 CE and 1420 CE. Chapters offer current knowledge, present new research, and provide suggestions for further reading.