A thought-provoking and important book that raises essential issues crucial not only for understanding our past but also the present day.

In this panoramic history, Jeremy Black tells how slavery was first developed in the ancient world, and reaches all the way to the present in the form of contemporary crimes such as trafficking and bonded labour. He shows how slavery has taken many forms throughout history and across the world - from the uprising of Spartacus, the plantations of the West Indies, and the murderous forced labour of the gulags and concentration camps.

Slavery helped to consolidate transoceanic empires and helped mould new world societies such as America and Brazil. Black charts the long fight for abolition in the nineteenth century, looking at both the campaigners as well as the harrowing accounts of the enslaved themselves.

Slavery is still with us today, and coerced labour can be found closer to home than one might expect.

A new global history of slavery from ancient origins through the horrors of the Atlantic trade to the present day.

About the Author
JEREMY BLACK is one of the country's most respected historians. Andrew Roberts described him as the 'most underrated thinker in Britain'. He is a Senior Fellow at Policy Exchange and Emeritus Professor of History at Exeter University and a renowned expert on the history of war. He appears regularly on TV and radio. His other books include Maps and History, The British Seaborne Empire and Rethinking World War Two.

Reviews
A truly horrifying account of human cruelty. * Catholic Herald *
A thought-provoking and important book that raises essential issues crucial not only for our past but also the present day. * Spartacus Review *



Book Information
ISBN 9781849016896
Author Jeremy Black
Format Paperback
Page Count 336
Imprint Robinson
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Weight(grams) 271g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 128mm * 22mm