Slavery - History Lab https://historylab.es Thu, 12 Jan 2023 09:59:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Slavery - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Main mistress with her black slave https://historylab.es/main-mistress-with-her-black-slave/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=main-mistress-with-her-black-slave Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:43:52 +0000 https://historylab.es/main-mistress-with-her-black-slave/ Representation of two women of different ethnicities

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]]> Painting of a white woman and her black slave in fashionable clothes.

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]]> Atlantic slave trade https://historylab.es/atlantic-slave-trade/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=atlantic-slave-trade Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:41:24 +0000 https://historylab.es/atlantic-slave-trade/ The Atlantic Slave trade and its historical, economic and human impact

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]]> Slavery has occurred in many forms throughout the world, but the Atlantic slave trade – which forcibly brought more than 10 million Africans to the Americas – stands out for both its global scale and its lasting legacy.

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]]> Ginevra Convention of 1926 https://historylab.es/ginevra-convention-of-1926/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ginevra-convention-of-1926 Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:41:10 +0000 https://historylab.es/ginevra-convention-of-1926/ Convention on Slavery (1926)
Entered into force on March 9, 1927 in accordance with article 12.

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]]> For the purpose of this Convention, the following definitions have been adopted in agreement: (1) Slavery is the state or condition of persons over whom some or all of the powers of the right of ownership are exercised.

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]]> Liber Paradisus https://historylab.es/liber-paradisus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=liber-paradisus Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:41:10 +0000 https://historylab.es/liber-paradisus/ Bologna was the first city in the world to abolish slavery and free the serfs through the enactment of the "Liber Paradisus".

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]]> The “Liber Paradisus” (Book of Paradise) is a book containing the text of the law issued in 1259 by the Municipality of Bologna which proclaimed the abolition of slavery and the liberation of serfs.

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