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Slaves and religions in Graeco-Roman antiquity and modern Brazil / edited by Stephen Hodkinson and Dick Geary. - Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012. - 1 online resource (viii, 341 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; INTRODUCTION; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; PART II; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; PART III; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; PART IV; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX.

Slaves have never been mere passive victims of slavery. Typically, they have responded with ingenuity to their violent separation from their native societies, using a variety of strategies to create new social networks and cultures. Religion has been a ma.

ISBN: 1443838098 9781443838092 1299658970 9781299658974

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Slavery--Religious aspects.--Greece
Slavery--Religious aspects.--Rome
Slavery--Religious aspects.--Brazil
Esclavage--Aspect religieux.--Grèce
Slavery & abolition of slavery.
Classical history / classical civilisation.
Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Slavery.
Slavery--Religious aspects

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Brazil
Greece
Rome (Empire)

LC Class. No.: HT910 / .S539 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 204.40862509