Primary Science: Primary Sources (Slavery Throughout History) - Hardcover

 
9780787631789: Primary Science: Primary Sources (Slavery Throughout History)

Synopsis

This volume contains 20 full or excerpted speeches, diary entries, newspaper accounts, novels, poems, memoirs and other materials related to slavery. It includes Hammurabi's code of laws regarding slavery, slave narratives, abolitionist speeches and legislation.

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Review

"The topics are particularly readable because each document is preceded by historical background, a glossary, and sources for further study, including web sites."
-- "MultiCultural Review" (March 2001)

Synopsis

Documents from the Code of Hammurabi to the All Africa News Agency provide commentary and insight into the ancient institution of slavery, the rise of child laborers, and the modern occurance of sex slaves in Asia.

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