The first work of its kind to document slavery on a global scale, The Historical Encyclopedia of World Slavery is a two volume set that provides an in depth por

This book documents the institution of slavery on a global scale - its variations and consequences, its champions and opponents, its victims, its pervasiveness,

Ancient, yet modern: that is the sobering truth of slavery. Author Junius P. Rodriguez describes slavery as "a dark mirror reflecting man's inhumanity to man".

A comprehensive, contextual presentation of all aspects--social, political, and economic--of slavery in the United States, from the first colonization through R