{"product_id":"slaves-and-englishmen-human-bondage-in-the-early-modern-atlantic-world-paperback-softback-9780812223941","title":"Slaves and Englishmen; Human Bondage in the Early Modern Atlantic World (Paperback \/ softback) 9780812223941","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSlaves and Englishmen\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHuman Bondage in the Early Modern Atlantic World\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael Guasco (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780812223941\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 December 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e328 pages, 8 illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.486 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Guasco has done terrific work here, laying a strong foundation for future research. . . . A welcome addition to the literature on American slavery.\" (\u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e) \"A stimulating book. . . . Guasco presents a gamut of events and institutions that rendered slavery familiar to the English within and without.\" (\u003ci\u003eJournal of Southern History\u003c\/i\u003e) \"With an admirable global perspective and a breathtaking array of sources, Michael Guasco recasts the history of the English experience with slavery.\" (Alison Games, Georgetown University)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eTechnically speaking, slavery was not legal in the English-speaking world before the mid-seventeenth century. But long before race-based slavery was entrenched in law and practice, English men and women were well aware of the various forms of human bondage practiced in other nations and, in less systematic ways, their own country. They understood the legal and philosophic rationale of slavery in different cultural contexts and, for good reason, worried about the possibility of their own enslavement by foreign Catholic or Muslim powers. While opinions about the benefits and ethics of the institution varied widely, the language, imagery, and knowledge of slavery were a great deal more widespread in early modern England than we tend to assume.\u003cbr\u003e In wide-ranging detail, \u003ci\u003eSlaves and Englishmen\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates how slavery shaped the ways the English interacted with people and places throughout the Atlantic world. By examining the myriad forms and meanings of human bondage in an international context, Michael Guasco illustrates the significance of slavery in the early modern world before the rise of the plantation system or the emergence of modern racism. As this revealing history shows, the implications of slavery were closely connected to the question of what it meant to be English in the Atlantic world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction. The Problem of Slavery in Pre-Plantation America\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. The Nature of a Slave: Human Bondage in Early Modern England\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Slaves the World Over: Early English Encounters with Slavery\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Imaginary Allies: Englishmen and Africans in Spain's Atlantic World\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Englishmen Enslaved: The Specter of Slavery in the Mediterranean and Beyond\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. \"As Cheap as Those Negroes\"? Transplanting Slavery in Anglo-America\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Slavery before \"Slavery\" in Pre-Plantation America\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52523049779480,"sku":"9780812223941","price":25.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/slaves-and-englishmen-human-bondage-in-the-early-modern-atlantic-world-paperback-softback-9780812223941","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}