History of Slavery 2100-ERASMUS-SLAV

1. Slavery in antiquity
• Historical overview: slavery in ancient civilizations
• Discussion of slavery in the ancient world
• Slavery in ancient Egypt
• Slavery in ancient Greece
• Slavery in ancient Rome - Republic and Roman Empire
• Different forms of slavery across cultures and regions
2. Slavery in Medieval Ages
• Slavery in the Islamic world: the Arab slave trade and its legacy
• Characteristics of the era of feudalism
• Manoralism system and the serfdom of peasantry
• Peasants revolts in medieval Europe
• Main slave trade routes
3. Slavery in the modern era: 16-18 century
• Slavery in pre-colonial Africa
• Age of geographical discoveries
• Origins and expansion of the transatlantic slave trade
• Establishment of slave societies in the Americas
• Plantation economies and the role of enslaved labor
• The scale of the slave trade 16-18 centuries
• Slavery in Asia
4. The end of the age of slavery
• Emergence of abolitionist sentiment
• Slavery in the US to the Civil War
• Resistance and rebellion among enslaved Africans
• 19th century abolition movement
• The era of colonization
5. Modern slavery in the 20th century
• Gulag - Soviet slave labor system
• German Nazi concentration camps
• Decolonization
6. Modern Forms of Slavery
• Human trafficking
• Sex slavers
• Forced marriages
• Child soldiers
• Child labour
• Global efforts to combat modern forms of exploitation
• Role of governments, international organizations, and civil society in anti-slavery initiatives
7. Legacies of Slavery
• Inequality and discrimination in the post-emancipation era
• Memory and commemoration of slavery in public discourse
• Reconciliation and justice for descendants of enslaved people