Slavery in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries was not based solely on race or practiced only in the Americas. Faith slaves, both Christian and Muslim, were everywhere in the Mediterranean, held in bondage by the thousands in places as diverse as Algiers, Tunis, Constantinople, Seville, Malta, and Naples.
Robert C. Davis is professor of Italian Renaissance and Early-Modern Mediterranean history at Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
Rather than offering an account and explanation of the phenomenon
in all its temporal and geographical scope, [Davis]presents 15
narratives that reveal the actual experience of slavery from
various perspectives.
*Reference & Research Book News*
This book challenges scholars to incorporate Mediterranean slavery
into their analyses, and solidifies Davis's status as the most
important English-language scholar working on Mediterranean
slavery.
*American Historical Review*
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