Slavery and Slaving in World History: A Bibliography

Slavery and Slaving in World History: A Bibliography, compiled by historian Joseph C. Miller, is a two-volume bibliography of books and scholarly articles focusing on slavery worldwide through the end of the 20th century. The first volume, published in 1993, covers more than 10,000 secondary sources from the years 1900–1991. Its companion volume, published in 1999, includes an additional 4,000 works from 1992 to 1996.[1]

Miller's bibliography, which has been described as "the most comprehensive of its kind",[2] was updated initially through annual supplements in Slavery and Abolition, a journal of slavery and post-slave studies. The listing is now maintained online through the University of Virginia's The Bibliography of Slavery and World Slaving.[3][4][5]

Both volumes are organized into sections on comparative studies; geographical regions, such as North America, Spanish Mainland, Caribbean, Africa, and Asia; and historical periods, including Ancient History and Medieval/Early Modern Europe. An additional section devoted to the Slave Trade is organized by similar categories.[1][6][7]

Miller, who was T. Cary Johnson Jr. professor of history at the University of Virginia from 1972 to 2014, wrote extensively on the early history of Africa, the Atlantic slave trade, and related subjects.[8][4][3] His biblilograpy on worldwide slavery brought together two earlier works: Slavery: A Comparative Teaching Bibliography, and Slavery: A Worldwide Bibliography, 1900–1982.[3][9][10]

See also

• Bibliography of slavery in the United States

Notes

1. Reed, Harry A. (1995). "Review: Slavery and Slaving in World History: A Bibliography, 1900–1991 by Joseph C. Miller". The Journal of American History. 81 (4): 1872. doi:10.2307/2081886. JSTOR 2081886. ProQuest 224922182. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
2. Morgan, Philip D. (2005). "Origins of American Slavery". OAH Magazine of History. 19 (4): 56. doi:10.1093/maghis/19.4.51. JSTOR 25161964. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
3. "The Passing of Joseph C. Miller". africa.harvard.edu. Center for African Studies, Harvard University. March 22, 2019. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
4. "Joseph C. Miller (1939–2019)". www.historians.org. American Historical Association. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
5. "The Bibliography of Slavery and World Slaving". virginia.edu. University of Virginia. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
6. Miller 1993, pp. v–vii.
7. Miller 1999, pp. v–vii.
8. Mutongi, Kenda; Klein, Martin (May 20, 2019). "In Memoriam: Joseph C. Miller (1939–2019)". Perspectives in History. Washington, DC: American Historical Association. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
9. Miller 1999, p. ix.
10. Miller 1985, pp. xi–xii.

References

• Miller, Joseph C. (1993). Slavery and Slaving in World History: A Bibliography, Volume I, 1900—1991. Millwood, NY: Kraus International Publications. ISBN 0-527-63660-6.
• —— (1999). Slavery and Slaving in World History: A Bibliography, Volume II, 1992—1996. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, Inc. ISBN 0-765-60279-2.
• —— (1985). Slavery: A Worldwide Bibliography, 1900-1982. White Plains, NY: Kraus International Publications. ISBN 0-527-63659-2.
• —— (1977). Slavery, a Comparative Teaching Bibliography. Waltham, MA: Crossroads Press (for African Studies Association).

External links

• The Bibliography of Slavery and World Slaving, University of Virginia: a searchable database of 25,000 scholarly works on slavery and the slave trade in all western European languages.
• Slavery and Slaving in World History: A Bibliography, 1900–91 by Joseph C. Miller: pdf version that includes Volume I of the original work plus the years 1992–1994