{"product_id":"a-brief-history-of-slavery-a-new-global-history-9781849016896","title":"A Brief History of Slavery: A New Global History","description":"\u003cp\u003eA thought-provoking and important book that raises essential issues crucial not only for understanding our past but also the present day. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSlavery 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSlavery is still with us today, and coerced labour can be found closer to home than one might expect.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJEREMY BLACK is one of the UK's most respected and prolific historians. He is Professor of History at Exeter University and a renowned expert on the history of war. His recent books include \u003ci\u003eA Brief History of Italy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Brief History of Spain\u003c\/i\u003e. He appears regularly on TV and radio, including BBC Radio 4's \u003ci\u003eIn Our Time\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Robinson Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525629874450,"sku":"9781849016896","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e4bb3fbd-a9e9-4fe0-9f22-22376fe8557a.jpg?v=1731229301","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-brief-history-of-slavery-a-new-global-history-9781849016896","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}