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Slavery Bibliography / Mintz, Steven

Part of: Digital History. Using New Technologies to Enhance Teaching and Research / University of Houston : Department of History, and University of Houston : College of Education
Related Name: Mintz, Steven
Release: Houston, Tex., © 2003
Extent: 5 pages (ca. 270 KiB)
Last Visit: Apr 24, 2004.
Language: English
Description: Bibliography of secondary works organized by type of publication, geographical area, and topic. Two special listings dedicated to slavery in the United States and to slave narratives, their interpretation and criticism. – The most extensive general bibliography available online.

Slavery Bibliography At the C. W. Post Library / Sylvester, Melvin (comp.), and Delaney, Robert (comp.)

Part of: B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library
Release: Brookville, N. Y., n. d. (current) [start page stamped Apr 2004] (Long Island University, C. W. Post Campus)
Extent: 1 page (ca. 190 KiB) : 1 illustr.
Last Visit: Jun 30, 2003.
Language: English
Description: Includes scholarly publications as well as article in popular magazines from the Schwartz Memorial Library and the personal collection of compiler Robert Delaney. Divided in 3 parts: subjects, historical personalities, geographical areas.

Race and Slavery in the Middle East, Chap. 1: Slavery & Chap. 9: Slaves in Arms / Lewis, Bernard

Part of: Internet History Sourcebooks Project (IHSP) / Halsall, Paul
Release: New York, n. d. [start page stamped Apr 1999] (Fordham University)
Extent: 1 page (ca. 70 KiB)
Last Visit: Jul 2, 2003.
Notes: Originally published: Oxford University Press, 1994. Electronic edition omits notes.
Language: English
Description: Chap. 1 provides a general overview of slavery in the region ranging from the ancient civilizations to the 19th century, but focusing on the Muslim era. Chap. 9 argues that the large-scale use of slaves as military combatants was "an Islamic innovation;" Lewis gives special attention to black slave soldiers.

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