{"product_id":"9780810875289","title":"Historical Dictionary of Slavery and Abolition","description":"For almost four thousand years, men and women with power have exploited vulnerable populations for cheap or free labor. These slaves, serfs, helots, tenants, peons, bonded or forced laborers, etc., built pyramids and temples, dug canals and mined the earth for precious metals and gemstones. They built the palaces and mansions in which the powerful lived, grown the food they ate, spun the cloth that clothed them. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis second edition of Historical Dictionary of Slavery and Abolition relates the long and brutal history of slavery and the struggle for abolition using several key features: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChronology \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroductory essay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendixes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExtensive bibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOver 500 cross-referenced entries on forms of slavery, famous slaves and abolitionists, sources of slaves, and current conditions of modern slavery around the world\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about slavery and abolition.","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield Publishers, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47129180406000,"sku":"9780810875289","price":88.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780810875289_p0.jpg?v=1769907303","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780810875289","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}