Slave Trade in Russia

[Ivo Romein]

For all those interested in the studies of empire-building, frontier studies, slavery and abolitionism, the history of Russia, the history of the Caucasus and of the Ottoman empire, and women's studies

available now: <The Tsar's Abolitionists>, by Liubov Kurtynova-D'Herlugnan

A well-documented and important analysis of slavery and slave trade in the Caucasus within the fascinating contexts of Russian empire-building and emerging imperial identity of the Russian state as well as of the local political strategies of Caucasian political actors.



TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Chapter One: the Caucasus, Geography and People
• Why was Slave Trade so Important for the Caucasian Societies

Chapter Two: Christians in Heterodox Captivity
• The Historical Roots of Russian Abolitionism in the Caucasus
• The Two Abolitionisms: The European Enterprise and a Distant Cousin from Russia
• Historical Myth and Mythical History: Muscovy and the Caucasus before the 18th Century
• The Beginning: First Attempts to Ban Slave Trade

Chapter Three: The Southern Caucasus

Chapter Four: The Northern Caucasus

Conclusion: Explaining an Unlikely Abolitionism

Bibliography & Index


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Ivo Romein
Slavic & Eurasian studies











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