The Cambridge World History of Slavery, Volume 3: AD 1420–AD 1804

755 Pages·2011·6.44 MB·English

by  David Eltis (Editor)

THE CAMBRIDGE WORLD HISTORY
OF SLAVERY
Volume3:ad 1420–ad 1804
Most societies in the past have had slaves, and almost all peoples have at some
timeintheirpastsbeenbothslavesandownersofslaves.Recentdecadeshaveseen
asignificantincreaseinourunderstandingofthehistoricalroleplayedbyslavery
and wide interest across a range of academic disciplines in the evolution of the
institution.Excitingandinnovativeresearchmethodologieshavebeendeveloped,
andnumerousfruitfuldebatesgenerated.Further,thestudyofslaveryhascome
to provide strong connections between academic research and the wider public
interestatatimewhensuchlinkshaveingeneralbeenweak.TheCambridgeWorld
HistoryofSlaveryrespondstothesetrendsbyprovidingforthefirsttime,infour
volumes, a comprehensive global history of this widespread phenomenon from
theancientworldtothepresentday.
Volume 3 of The Cambridge World History of Slavery is a collection of essays
exploring the various manifestations of coerced labor in Africa, Asia, and the
AmericasbetweentheopeningupoftheAtlanticworldandtheformalcreationof
thenewnationofHaiti.Theauthors,well-knownauthoritiesintheirrespective
fields, place slavery in the foreground of the collection but also examine other
typesofcoercedlabor.Essaysareorganizedbothnationallyandthematicallyand
coverthemajorempires,coercedmigration,slaveresistance,gender,demography,
law, and the economic significance of coerced labor. Nonscholars will also find
thisvolumeaccessible.
David Eltis is Robert W. Woodruff Professor of History at Emory University
andresearchassociateoftheW.E.B.DuBoisInstitute,HarvardUniversity.He
has also held visiting appointments at Harvard, Yale, and Oxford universities.
EltisreceivedhisPhDfromtheUniversityofRochesterin1979.Heisauthorof
The Rise of African Slavery in the Americas, co-author (with David Richardson)
of Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, and co-compiler of Slave Voyages at
www.slavevoyages.org. He co-edited and contributed to Extending the Frontiers:
Essays on the New Transatlantic Slave Trade Database (with David Richardson)
andSlaveryintheDevelopmentoftheAmericas(withFrankD.LewisandKenneth
L.Sokoloff)andeditedCoercedandFreeMigrations:GlobalPerspectives.
StanleyL.EngermanisJohnH.MunroProfessorofEconomicsandProfessorof
HistoryattheUniversityofRochester.HehasalsopreviouslytaughtatHarvard,
Yale, Oxford, and Cambridge universities. Engerman received his PhD in eco-
nomics from Johns Hopkins University in 1962. He is the author of Slavery,
Emancipation,andFreedom:ComparativePerspectivesandtheco-authorofTime
on the Cross: The Economics of American Negro Slavery (with Robert Fogel) and
NavalBlockadesinPeaceandWar:AnEconomicHistorySince1750(withLanceE.
Davis).Heisalsoco-editorofAHistoricalGuidetoWorldSlavery(withSeymour
Drescher); Finance, Intermediaries, and Economic Development (with Philip T.
Hoffman,Jean-LaurentRosenthal,andKennethL.Sokoloff);andTheCambridge
EconomicHistoryoftheUnitedStates(withRobertE.Gallman).
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THE CAMBRIDGE WORLD HISTORY OF SLAVERY
Generaleditors
DavidEltis,EmoryUniversity
StanleyL.Engerman,UniversityofRochester
VolumeI:TheAncientMediterraneanWorld
EditedbyKeithBradleyandPaulCartledge
VolumeII:ad500–ad1420
EditedbyDavidEltisandStanleyL.Engerman
VolumeIII:ad1420–ad1804
EditedbyDavidEltisandStanleyL.Engerman
VolumeIV :ad1804–ad2000
EditedbySeymourDrescher,DavidEltis,andStanleyL.Engerman
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THE CAMBRIDGE
WORLD HISTORY OF
SLAVERY
VOLUME 3
ad 1420–ad 1804
Editedby
DAVIDELTIS
EmoryUniversity
STANLEY L.ENGERMAN
UniversityofRochester
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CONTENTS
ListofMaps,Figures,andTables pageix
Contributors xi
SeriesEditors’Introduction xiii
1 Dependence,Servility,andCoercedLaborinTimeandSpace 1
david eltis and stanley l. engerman
part i: slavery in africa and asia minor
2 EnslavementintheOttomanEmpireintheEarlyModern
Period 25
ehud r. toledano
3 SlaveryinIslamicAfrica,1400–1800 47
rudolph t. ware iii
4 SlaveryinNon-IslamicWestAfrica,1420–1820 81
g. ugo nwokeji
5 SlavingandResistancetoSlavinginWestCentralAfrica 111
roquinaldo ferreira
6 WhiteServitude 132
william g. clarence-smith and david eltis
part ii: slavery in asia
7 SlaveryinSoutheastAsia,1420–1804 163
kerry ward
8 SlaveryinEarlyModernChina 186
pamela kyle crossley
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part iii: slavery among the indigenous
americans
9 SlaveryinIndigenousNorthAmerica 217
leland donald
10 IndigenousSlaveryinSouthAmerica,1492–1820 248
neil l. whitehead
part iv: slavery and serfdom in eastern europe
11 RussianSlaveryandSerfdom,1450–1804 275
richard hellie
12 ManorialismandRuralSubjectioninEastCentralEurope,
1500–1800 297
edgar melton
part v: slavery in the americas
13 SlaveryintheAtlanticIslandsandtheEarlyModernSpanish
AtlanticWorld 325
william d. phillips, jr.
14 SlaveryandPoliticsinColonialPortugueseAmerica:The
SixteenthtotheEighteenthCenturies 350
joa˜o fragoso and ana rios
15 SlaveryintheBritishCaribbean 378
philip d. morgan
16 SlaveryintheNorthAmericanMainlandColonies 407
lorena s. walsh
17 SlaveryintheFrenchCaribbean,1635–1804 431
laurent dubois
18 SlaveryandtheSlaveTradeoftheMinorAtlanticPowers 450
pieter emmer
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part vi: cultural and demographic patterns in
the americas
19 DemographyandFamilyStructures 479
b. w. higman
20 TheConceptofCreolization 513
richard price
21 BlackWomenintheEarlyAmericas 538
betty wood
part vii: legal structures, economics, and the
movement of coerced peoples in the atlantic
world
22 InvoluntaryMigrationintheEarlyModernWorld,
1500–1800 563
david richardson
23 Slavery,Freedom,andtheLawintheAtlanticWorld,
1420–1807 594
sue peabody
24 EuropeanForcedLaborintheEarlyModernEra 631
timothy coates
25 TransatlanticSlaveryandEconomicDevelopmentinthe
AtlanticWorld:WestAfrica,1450–1850 650
joseph e. inikori
part viii: slavery and resistance
26 SlaveWorkerRebellionsandRevolutionintheAmericas
to1804 677
mary turner
27 RunawaysandQuilombolasintheAmericas 708
manolo florentino and ma´rcia amantino
741
Index
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LIST OF MAPS, FIGURES, AND TABLES
maps
9.1 CultureAreasofIndigenousNorthAmerica page216
12.1 EastCentralEurope,ca.1500 296
14.1 Brazil,EighteenthCentury 348
14.2 PortugueseEmpireinAmerica,EighteenthCentury 349
figures
27.1 SambabaiaQuilombo 730
27.2 RiverofPerditionQuilombo 731
27.3 QuilomboonaTributaryofthePerditionRiver 732
27.4 AmbrozioQuilombo 733
27.5 SamGonc¸aloQuilombo 734
tables
10.1 DebtstobecollectedbythepostmasterofCuyuni 262
14.1 Distributionofregisteredslavebaptisms:Sa˜oGonc¸alo,
1651–1668 363
15.1 SlavepopulationsoftheBritishCaribbean,1650–1830 383
15.2 Annualpercentagedecline(andincrease)intheslave
populationsoftheBritishCaribbean,1627–1825 384
18.1 ImportsofslavesinDutchBrazil,1630–1653,byAfrican
regionoforigin 456
18.2 Suriname’stradebalance/balanceofpayments,1766–1776,
averageperyear 461
18.3 TheDutchslavetrade,1600–1800 465
18.4 DistributionofslavedeparturesfromAfricaonDanishvessels 468
20.1 TheAfricanoriginsofSurinameslaves 518
22.1 InvoluntarymigrationintheOldWorld,1500–1800,
estimatesandprojections 570
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