Introduction: Punishing the Enslaved in the Americas, 1760s-1880s

Christian G. De Vito, V.F. Müller*

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Abstract

This special issue explores how enslaved workers of African descent were punished in the Americas. It studies punishment inside and beyond the criminal justice system, investigating its legitimation and implementation in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Collectively, the articles address three main themes: the relationship between the enslaved, the slaveholders, and the state; the shifts in modalities of governance across space and time; and the entanglement of modes of punishment across geographies. This perspective illustrates the broader implications of punishment for issues of labor supply and labor control, and helps us understand how slavery was produced and reproduced in different, yet connected, regions of the Americas.

Original languageEnglish
Number of pages18
JournalJournal of Global Slavery
Volume7
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 28 Mar 2022
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Americas
  • comparison
  • nineteenth century
  • punishment
  • slave trade
  • slavery
  • transnational
  • work

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