Many people on both sides of the Atlantic are unaware of the glaring facts of the massive French involvement in the slave trade: that more slaves were brought to the tiny island of Martinique than to all the United States; that in 1789, Saint-Domingue supplied over half of France’s overseas trade and had a slave population of half a million, more than all the other French and British West Indie...

many of the contemporary authors and researchers such as c. bartholomae (the author of the book “zum sassanidischem recht”) and arthur christensen (the author of the book “iran in the sassanian period”), believe that women had a very bad status in the sassanian period, being dealt with as slaves or objects. however, studying the religious and non-religious resources of this period, including av...

The Brazilian economy was, until the end of 19th Century, based on slave labour. However, in this first quarter 21st problem persists. These situations tend to be mistaken with “simple” violations labour laws. This work aims establish Occupational Health and Safety parameters, focusing energy needs, distinguish between breach legislation modern rural slavery Century Brazil. In response challeng...

Leviticus 25:39–46 describes a two-tier model of slavery that distinguishes Israelites from foreign slaves. It requires be indentured only temporarily while foreigners can enslaved as chattel (permanent property). This resembles the distinction between White slaves and Black in American colonies. However, biblical influence on these early modern practices has been obscured by rarity citations L...

Schistosoma mansoni eggs were found in a latrine dated AD 1450-1550 in Montbéliard, France. This is the first record of intestinal schistosomiasis in archaeological material. Because the parasite has an African origin, its presence in Europe at that time may be due to African slaves. However, intestinal schistosomiasis has never been established in Europe.