President Abraham Lincoln freed millions of slaves in the South in 1863, rescuing them, as history tells us, from a brutal and inhuman existence with the promise of freedom and equal rights. This is a moment to celebrate and honor, to be sure, but what of the darker, more troubling side of this story? Slavery's Ghost explores the dire, ......
President Abraham Lincoln freed millions of slaves in the South in 1863, rescuing them, as history tells us, from a brutal and inhuman existence with the promise of freedom and equal rights. This is a moment to celebrate and honor, to be sure, but what of the darker, more troubling side of this story? Slavery's Ghost explores the dire, ......
Monique Villa shows us the world of slaves—no longer physically in chains—who walk among us, trapped in a cycle of exploitation. Her moving book, giving voice to survivors of this horrific trade, vividly illustrates dire situations we can do something about. Her call to action outlines concrete steps in order to outlaw and eliminate modern slavery.
Monique Villa shows us the world of slaves--no longer physically in chains--who walk among us, trapped in a cycle of exploitation. Her moving book, giving voice to survivors of this horrific trade, vividly illustrates dire situations we can do something about. Her call to action outlines concrete steps in order to outlaw and eliminate modern ......
Monique Villa shows us the world of slaves no longer physically in chains who walk among us, trapped in a cycle of exploitation. Her moving book, bringing in the voices of workers she knows, vividly illustrates dire situations we can do something about. Her call to action outlines concrete steps in order to outlaw and eliminate modern slavery.
Provides an analysis of slaves and slavery in the New Testament. This book uses Greco-Roman evidence, discussion of hermeneutics, and treatment of the use of the New Testament in antebellum US slavery debates. It examines "Philemon", "1 Corinthians", "Romans", "Luke"-"Acts", and the household codes.
The award-winning historian Stuart Schwartz offers revisionist views of some of the most controversial issues related to Brazilian slavery, in a book that will be of special interest to all historians of Brazil and of slavery in the Americas. He notes that the study of slavery has dropped its apparent preoccupation with the economic system, ......
