What Is Slavery?

by Brenda Stevenson and Brenda E. Stevenson

Book Overview

What is slavery? It seems a simple enough question. Despite the long history of the institution and its widespread use around the globe, many people still largely associate slavery, outside of the biblical references in the Old Testament, to the enslavement of Africans in America, particularly the United States. Slavery proved to be essential to the creation of the young nation's agricultural and industrial economies and profoundly shaped its political...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745671500
• ISBN13: 9780745671505
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.4"