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HISTORICALDICTIONARIESOFRELIGIONS,
PHILOSOPHIES,ANDMOVEMENTS
JonWoronoff,SeriesEditor
Orthodox Church, by Michael Prokurat, Alexander Golitzin, and Michael D. Peterson,
1996
CivilRightsMovement,byRalphE.Luker,1997
Catholicism,byWilliamJ.Collinge,1997
NorthAmericanEnvironmentalism,byEdwardR.WellsandAlanM.Schwartz,1997
Taoism,byJulianF.PasincooperationwithManKamLeung,1998
GayLiberationMovement,byRonaldJ.Hunt,1999
Islamic Fundamentalist Movements in the Arab World, Iran, and Turkey, by Ahmad S.
Moussalli,1999
CooperativeMovement,byJackShaffer,1999
Kierkegaard’sPhilosophy,byJuliaWatkin,2001
SlaveryandAbolition,byMartinA.Klein,2002
ProphetsinIslamandJudaism,byScottB.NoegelandBrannonM.Wheeler,2002
LesbianLiberationMovement:StilltheRage,byJoAnneMyers,2003
Descartes and Cartesian Philosophy, by Roger Ariew, Dennis Des Chene, Douglas M.
Jesseph,TadM.Schmaltz,andTheoVerbeek,2003
Witchcraft,byMichaelD.Bailey,2003
UnitarianUniversalism,byMarkW.Harris,2004
NewAgeMovements,byMichaelYork,2004
OrganizedLabor,SecondEdition,byJamesC.Docherty,2004
Utopianism,byJamesM.MorrisandAndreaL.Kross,2004
Feminism,SecondEdition,byJanetK.BolesandDianeLongHoeveler,2004
Jainism,byKristiL.Wiley,2004
Wittgenstein’sPhilosophy,byDuncanRichter,2004
Schopenhauer’sPhilosophy,byDavidE.Cartwright,2005
Seventh-dayAdventists,byGaryLand,2005
Methodism,SecondEdition,byCharlesYrigoyenJr.andSusanE.Warrick,2005
Sufism,byJohnRenard,2005
Sikhism,SecondEdition,byW.H.McLeod,2005
KantandKantianism,byHelmutHolzheyandVilemMudroch,2005
OlympicMovement,ThirdEdition,byBillMallonwithIanBuchanan,2006
Anglicanism,byColinBuchanan,2006
WelfareState,SecondEdition,byBentGreve,2006
FeministPhilosophy,byCatherineVillanuevaGardner,2006
Logic,byHarryJ.Gensler,2006
Leibniz’sPhilosophy,byStuartBrownandNicholasJ.Fox,2006
Non-AlignedMovementandThirdWorld,byGuyArnold,2006
SalvationArmy,byMajorJohnG.Merritt,2006
Judaism,SecondEdition,byNormanSolomon,2006
Epistemology,byRalphBaergen,2006
Bahá’íFaith,SecondEdition,byHughC.Adamson,2006
Aesthetics,byDabneyTownsend,2006
Socialism,SecondEdition,byPeterLambandJamesC.Docherty,2007
Marxism,byDavidM.WalkerandDanielGray,2007
Nietzscheanism,SecondEdition,byCarolDiethe,2007
MedievalPhilosophyandTheology,byStephenF.BrownandJuanCarlosFlores,2007
Shamanism,byGrahamHarveyandRobertWallis,2007
AncientGreekPhilosophy,byAnthonyPreus,2007
Puritans,byCharlesPastoorandGalenK.Johnson,2007
GreenMovement,SecondEdition,byMirandaSchreursandElimPapadakis,2007
Husserl’sPhilosophy,byJohnJ.Drummond,2008
Existentialism,byStephenMichelman,2008
Zionism,SecondEdition,byRafaelMedoffandChaimI.Waxman,2008
CopticChurch,byGawdatGabra,2008
Jehovah’sWitnesses,byGeorgeD.Chryssides,2008
Hume’sPhilosophy,byKennethR.Merrill,2008
Shakers,byStephenJ.Paterwic,2008
NativeAmericanMovements,byToddLeahyandRaymondWilson,2008
Mormonism,ThirdEdition,byDavisBittonandThomasG.Alexander,2008
HegelianPhilosophy,SecondEdition,byJohnW.Burbidge,2008
Ethics,byHarryJ.GenslerandEarlW.Spurgin,2008
Environmentalism,byPeterDauvergne,2009
BertrandRussell’sPhilosophy,byRosalindCareyandJohnOngley,2009
Baptists,SecondEdition,byWilliamH.Brackney,2009
Islam,SecondEdition,byLudwigW.Adamec,2009
Homosexuality,byBrentL.Pickett,2009
Buddhism,byCarlOlson,2009
HolinessMovement,SecondEdition,editedbyWilliamKostlevy,2009
ReformedChurches,SecondEdition,byRobertBenedettoandDonaldK.McKim,2010
TheReformationandCounter-Reformation,byMichaelMullett,2010
Heidegger’sPhilosophy,SecondEdition,byFrankSchalowandAlfredDenker,2010
Jesus,byDanielJ.Harrington,S.J.,2010
Metaphysics,byGaryRosenkrantzandJoshuaHoffman,2011
Shinto,SecondEdition,byStuartD.B.Picken,2011
The Friends (Quakers), Second Edition, by Margery Post Abbott, Mary Ellen Chijioke,
PinkDandelion,andJohnWilliamOliverJr.,2011
Hinduism,NewEdition,byJefferyD.Long,2011
Calvinism,byStuartD.B.Picken,2012
Hobbes’sPhilosophy,byJuhanaLemetti,2012
ChineseCommunistParty,byLawrenceR.Sullivan,2012
NewReligiousMovements,SecondEdition,byGeorgeD.Chryssides,2012
Catholicism,SecondEdition,byWilliamJ.Collinge,2012
RadicalChristianity,WilliamH.Brackney,2012
OrganizedLabor,ThirdEdition,byJamesC.DochertyandSjaakvanderVelden,2012
IslamicFundamentalism,byMathieuGuidère,2012
Witchcraft,SecondEdition,byJonathanDurrantandMichaelD.Bailey,2013
LesbianandGayLiberationMovements,byJoAnneMyers,2013
Nietzscheanism,ThirdEdition,byCarolDiethe,2014
HumanRights,byJacquesFomerand,2014
WelfareState,ThirdEdition,byBentGreve,2014
Wittgenstein’sPhilosophy,SecondEdition,byDuncanRichter,2014
Civil Rights Movement, Second Edition, by Christopher M. Richardson and Ralph E.
Luker,2014.
Sikhism,ThirdEdition,byLouisE.FenechandW.H.McLeod,2014
Marxism,SecondEdition,byElliottJohnson,DavidWalker,andDanielGray,2014
SlaveryandAbolition,SecondEdition,byMartinA.Klein,2014
Historical Dictionary of
Slavery and Abolition
Second Edition
Martin A. Klein
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Contents
Editor’sForeword ix
Preface xi
AcronymsandAbbreviations xiii
Chronology xv
Introduction 1
THEDICTIONARY 27
Bibliography 393
AbouttheAuthor 451
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