Arming Slaves: From Classical Times to the Modern Age

by Christopher Leslie Brown

Arming slaves as soldiers is a counterintuitive idea. Yet throughout history, in many varied societies, slaveholders have entrusted slaves with the use of deadly force. This book is the first to survey the practice broadly across space and time, encompassing the cultures of classical Greece, the early Islamic kingdoms of the Near East, West and East Africa, the British and French Caribbean, the United States, and Latin America. To facilitate cross-cultural...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300109008
• ISBN13: 9780300109009
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.2"