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Representing the Body of the Slave
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From the ancient world through to modern times the bodies of slaves have been represented in literature, documentary and personal narrative writing, and in art. This volume presents evidence of the past sins of mankind in both art and literature.
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Index
Abaco 93
Abbas Paşa 70
Abdülhamit II, Sultan 67, 70
Abolition Act (1834) 108
abolitionists 1, 3, 6, 94, 96, 107–22, 164, 180
abortion 69
Abraham 7, 163, 164, 165
Ælfric: Colloquy 79, 84
Aesop 16, 21, 53n25
Africa 85, 125, 137, 154, 179, 180
see also Africans
Africans 5, 64, 65, 68–9, 71, 72, 75, 137’ 139, 140, 141, 147–68, 169, 170, 176, 181
see also black people; Washington, Madison
Agesilaus 21
Akletoi 20
Alexander 21
Alexander Severus, emperor 52–3n14
Alfred, King 84
allegory and allusion 147–68
Amazonian Indians 142–3
American Colonization Society 94–5
Amistad 94
Amphipolis 32
ancient world 2–3, 4–5, 9–54
Anglo-Saxons 76–82, 84
Angolans 137
Anne, St 176
Appian 44
Apuleius: The Golden Ass 12–13, 45
Arab societies 59
Arete 11–12
Aristotle 2, 12, 23, 33, 36
On Physiognomies 13, 14–15, 17
Politics 16–17, 30
Problemata 23
Armenian women 68
‘Artistic Travels in Brazil’ (lithographs by Rugendas) 147–68
Athenian comedy 29
Athens 23
athletes 12
Augustus, emperor 53n28
Bahamas 93
Bahia 125, 127, 131, 134, 137, 144, 178, 180
Baker-Davison, Lieutenant 116
Balkans 29
Banausia 33
Bantu 137
Baquaqua, Mahommah Gardo 172, 179–80
Barbados 108
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- Preface
- Introduction
- THE ANCIENT WORLD
- BETWEEN ANCIENT AND MODERN
- NORTH AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN SLAVERY
- BRAZIL
- Notes on Contributors
- Index