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A collection of new essays, Imagining Transatlantic Slavery offers the latest research and thinking on current debates about the representation - past and present - of transatlantic slavery. Building on the interest generated by the bicentenary in 2007-08 of the end of British and American involvement in the transatlantic slave trade, our volume is interdisciplinary, drawing on history, literature and museum and heritage studies. Its focus is on the transatlantic nature of slavery and abolition, and the essays range from the seventeenth to the twenty-first century. Its distinguished contributors offer a critical view of the histories leading up to the defining decisions of 1807-08 and its complex legacies over the last two centuries. Essays on notable figures such as Phillis Wheatley, Olaudah Equiano, Hannah More, Benjamin Flower, and William and Ellen Craft are juxtaposed with those on early Quaker writing and the use of photography in abolitionist discourse. The last part of the book on 'Remembering and Forgetting' addresses debates surrounding the representation of slavery in drama, visual culture, museums and galleries, and appraises the importance of recent research to public understanding of slavery today.

Using the writings of slaves and former slaves, as well as commentaries on slavery, Between Slavery and Freedom explores the American slave experience to gain a better understanding of six moral and political concepts-oppression, paternalism, resistance, political obligation, citizenship, and forgiveness. The authors use analytical philosophy as well as other disciplines to gain insight into the thinking of a group of people prevented from participating in the social/political discourse of their times. Between Slavery and Freedom rejects the notion that philosophers need not consider

This book is the first comprehensive analysis of Jewish attitudes towards slavery in Hellenistic and Roman times. Against the traditional opinion that after the Babylonian Exile Jews refrained from employing slaves, Catherine Hezser shows that slavery remained a significant phenomenon of ancient Jewish everyday life and generated a discourse which resembled Graeco-Roman and early Christian views while at the same time preserving specifically Jewish nuances. - ;This book is the first comprehensive analysis of Jewish attitudes towards slavery in Hellenistic and Roman times. Against the tradition

Most teenagers are familiar with the concept of slavery from studying history. However, many are unaware that slavery still flourishes around the world today, even within the borders of the United States. In fact, the modern slave trade is a lucrative criminal enterprise-the third most profitable in the world after drug trafficking and the illegal sale of arms and munitions. It affects millions of people who are forced to work by threat of mental and physical abuse, in inhuman conditions, for little or no pay. This book illuminates this modern-day tragedy for teen readers with clear explanations and examples drawn from around the world. Current efforts to combat the problem and to provide reparations are discussed, and the author includes practical suggestions to help teens act as modern-day abolitionists

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

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Setting the Scene: A Timeline -- Introduction: The Slave Trade: An Ancient Practice -- Chapter One: The Beginning of the Slave Trade in North America -- Chapter Two: Slavery Expands Through the Colonies -- Chapter Three: Slavery in the New United States -- Chapter Four: The Abolitionists -- Chapter Five: Resistance and Rebellion -- Chapter Six: Unrest and War -- Chapter Seven: Reconstruction: The Fight for Freedom Continues -- Epilogue: The Long Way Forward -- Notes -- For More Information -- Index -- Picture Credits -- About the Author -- Back Cover