#New article!
Read "The Problem of #Slavery's Persistence in Islam: Sunni Orthodox Framings and Rationalist Responses in #Turkey," by Gokhan Bacik, in the new issue of JGS:
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New Article!
Read "Ancient #Maroon Rice Songs Suggest Secret Rice Cultivation during Slavery in #Suriname" by Tinde van Andel and Nicholaas Pinas: brill.com/view/journal...
New Article!
Read Karl Miller's "An Enabling Agent: #Insurance and #Slavery in Antebellum Florida" in the current issue of JGS:
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Journal of Global Slavery Vol. 11, No. 1 (2026) brill.com/view/journal... @degruyterbrill.bsky.social
#New article!
Read "What Is Slave #Agency? Enslaved Persons and the Making of Ancient Societies," by Kostas Vlassopoulos in the newest issue of the Journal of Global Slavery:
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#Open #Access
A new issue of JGS has just been released! Have a look at our site for the newest interdisciplinary research on #global #slavery, alongside book reviews of recent titles! A big thank you to all contributors!
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Had the pleasure of reviewing Sascha Auerbach’s latest book for @journalslavery.bsky.social! He offers a compelling reinterpretation of late-stage slavery and indenture in the British Empire.
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New #book #review!
@dexnell.bsky.social has written about *Beyond #1619: The Atlantic Origins of American Slavery,* edited by Paul J. Polgar, Marc H. Lerner and Jesse Cromwell. @pennpress.bsky.social
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New #book #review!
Alasdair C. Grant's *Greek Captives and #Mediterranean #Slavery, 1260–1460,* reviewed by John Latham-Sprinkle:
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New #book #review!
Spencer Gomez has reviewed #FREEDOM'S #CAPTIVES: #SLAVERY AND GRADUAL #EMANCIPATION ON THE #COLOMBIAN BLACK PACIFIC, by @yeseniabarragan.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org
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New #book #review!
James J. Gigantino II has reviewed THE RISING GENERATION: GRADUAL #ABOLITION, BLACK LEGAL CULTURE, AND THE MAKING OF NATIONAL #FREEDOM, by Sarah L.H. Gronningsater @pennpress.bsky.social
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This reviewer really understood what I aimed to do with THE DRIVER'S STORY.
New #book #review!
Henrique Espada Lima has written about @randybrowne.bsky.social's THE DRIVER'S STORY: #LABOR AND POWER IN THE WORLD OF #ATLANTIC #SLAVERY @pennpress.bsky.social
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Read Hans Hägerdal's new article " #Sources for #Slaving in Eastern #Indonesia: #Mapping Regional Power Structures and Inter-regional Connectivities," now Open Access in the current issue of the Journal of Global Slavery: brill.com/view/journal...
Read Klara Boyer-Rossol's new article "From East #Africa to the Mascarenes: The Origins and #Life #Histories of 140 “Mozambiques” (1810s–1840s)" in the current issue of JGS: brill.com/view/journal...
Read Gabrielle Robilliard-Witt's new article "The Prize Papers:
Tracing #Slavery and the Slave Trade in a 'Hidden' #Archive of State" in the current issue of the Journal of #Global Slavery:
@prizepapers.bsky.social
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JGS is delighted to announce Juliane Schiel @univie.ac.at as the journal's new managing editor! Juliane is a historian of #slavery & #labor in premodern Europe & the Mediterranean. We look forward to the next years under her leadership! A warm welcome to Juliane!
JGS's managing editor Ismael Montana is passing on the torch. We are grateful for five successful years under his leadership.
Luckily, he will stay on as 'Area editor Near East & North Africa' & will continue to be an invaluable support to the journal.
Thank you, Ismael! 🎉
Read Benjamin Asmussen's new article "The Letter from Porto Novo: Three Insights into the #Danish #Slave #Trade in #India" in the current issue of the Journal of Global Slavery:
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Read Claude Chevaleyre's new article "Slaving and #Trafficking in #Ming #China: A Systematic Approach" in the current issue of the Journal of #Global #Slavery:
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The guest editors wrote the introduction to the special issue, "Hidden #Archives and the Commerce of Enslavement in the #Indian #Ocean and Asia."
Read it #Open #Access here: brill.com/view/journal...
We're pleased to announce the winner of the Paul E. #Lovejoy Prize for excellence & originality in a major work on any theme related to #global #slavery published in 2024.
Read about the winner, Beeta Baghoolizadeh's THE COLOR BLACK, & the other books the jury considered:
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Looking forwarding to reading this..
Heartfelt congratulations to Beeta #Baghoolizadeh whose book *The Color Black: Enslavement and Erasure in Iran* @dukepress.bsky.social has won the 2024 Paul E. #Lovejoy #Prize!
Read the interview with Beeta Baghoolizadeh: brill.com/view/journal...
Congratulations to @randybrowne.bsky.social, whose book THE DRIVER'S STORY is a finalist for the Paul E. Lovejoy Prize, granted by @journalslavery.bsky.social! bit.ly/3Qs4ZJs
JGS is happy to announce the publication of an exciting special issue: "Hidden #Archives & the Commerce of #Enslavement in the #Indian #Ocean and #Asia, ed. Daniel B. Domingues da Silva, Richard B. Allen, Jane Hooper & Matthew S. Hopper. Congratulations to all contributors: brill.com/view/journal...
Henrique Espada Lima wrote an especially thoughtful review of THE DRIVER'S STORY for @journalslavery.bsky.social. It's so gratifying when a reviewer understands what an author wanted to accomplish w/ a book and communicates that clearly, along w/ some very fair critiques. brill.com/view/journal...
New #book #review!
Constanze Weiske has reviewed Michael Zeuske's *Afrika—Atlantik—Amerika. #Sklaverei und Sklavenhandel in Afrika, auf dem Atlantik und in den Amerikas sowie in Europa.*
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