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Eurasian Slavery, Ransom and Abolition in World History, 1200-1860

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Full Title

Eurasian Slavery, Ransom and Abolition in World History, 1200-1860

Author(s)

Witzenrath, Christoph, Dr

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ISBN

9781472410603, 9781472410580

Publisher

Routledge

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PDF and EPUB

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Recent research has demonstrated that early modern slavery was much more widespread than the traditional concentration on plantation slavery in the context of European colonial expansion would suggest. Slavery and slave trading, though little researched, were common across wide stretches of Eurasia, and a slave economy played a vital part in the political and cultural contacts between Russia and its Eurasian neighbours. This volume concentrates on captivity, slavery, ransom and abolition in the vicinity of the Eurasian steppe from the early modern period to recent developments and explores their legacy and relevance down to the modern times. The contributions centre on the Russian Empire, while bringing together scholars from various historical traditions of the leading states in this region, including Poland