History of slavery
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The history of slavery covers many different forms of human exploitation across many cultures and throughout human history. Slavery, generally defined, refers to the systematic exploitation of labor for work and services without consent and/or the possession of other persons as property. There is no clear timeline for the formation of slavery in any formalized sense. Slavery can be traced to the earliest records, such as the Code of Hammurabi, which refers to slavery as an already established institution.
Slavery is rare among Hunter gatherer populations as slavery depends on a system of social stratification. Slavery also requires economic surpluses and a high population density to be viable. Due to these factors, the practice of slavery would have only proliferated after the invention of agriculture during the Neolithic revolution about 11,000 years ago.
See also
- General
- Types of slavery:
- Types of slave trades:
- Present-day slavery:
- People
- List of famous slaves
- Notable abolitionists
- William Wilberforce - UK
- Types of slave soldiers:
- Ideals and organisations
- Other
- Asiento
- Bandeirantes
- Fazendas
- Guaraní
- History of slavery in the United States:
- Influx of disease in the Caribbean
- Kholop
- History of Liverpool
- Pedro Blanco
- Religion and slavery
- Sambo's Grave
- Serfdom in Russia
- Slave narrative
- Slave rebellion
- Slave ship
- Slavery at common law
- William Lynch Speech
