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"This history of African slavery from the fifteenth to the early twentieth centuries examines how indigenous African slavery developed within an international context. The new edition revises statistical material and incorporates recent research"--

"Some studies of early America highlight events such as the first Thanksgiving and the establishment of different colonies. But true historians realize that American history is tightly bound to the history of enslavement in the Americas. This carefully researched volume presents the difficult topic of American slavery sensitively yet comprehensively. Readers will learn about the European slave trade and how and why it expanded to the American colonies. They'll also learn how slavery repeatedly threatened to tear the nation apart for decades before the Civil War. Historical images and thoughtful fact boxes and sidebars enhance the text's critical ideas"--

Examines Montesquieu's regime categorization & his thought on slavery & freedom, drawing deeply on The Spirit of the Laws (1748). His views on how climate & terrain are seen to shape human character & laws, which in many places essentially mandates civil, domestic, & political slavery. Charges that Montesquieu resorts to naturalistic determinism are confronted. After universally condemning slavery, Montesquieu examines the institution in the context of his tripartite regime analysis; he presents economic & racial justifications for slavery. Attention is given to Montesquieu's ideas on the relationship between law, slavery, & nature, contending that it is difficult to escape slavery & that a spiritual slavery exists even in a regime of liberty. J. Zendejas