I would like to dive deep into the subject of slavery. A lot of people discuss about the transatlantic slave trade, mainly in the history of the US.
But I would like to learn more about slavery that happend/happens across the globe. Arab slave trade, east asian slave trade and so on. Books that can give me a grander scale on this matter.
Thank you.
The Cambridge World History of Slavery is a four volume series exploring the history of slavery in its many different manifestations across the world from the classical Mediterranean to 2016.
They are academic texts (each is a collection of essays by practising academic experts in particular areas of the field) , so I think each volume is upwards of £100 to purchase, but if you have access to an academic library or a large public library, or the ability to access ebooks online via whatever means then they would be a very good place to start.
Andrés Reséndez The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America is the single best introduction to understand the temporal, geographic, and cultural magnitude of the Native American slave trade in the Spanish Empire. Reséndez manages to weave together a readable one volume text that establishes a foundation for understanding the Native American slave trade in North and South America. Unlike the African slave trade, Spain officially outlawed Native American slavery quite early. However, those official prohibitions simply pushed Amerindian slavery underground. From it's origins at contact, to the twentieth century, various manifestations of captivity and unpaid Native American labor permeated the Spanish Empire. I absolutely love how this book brings those stories together, and I find myself recommending it often.
I've had this recommended to me on this subreddit (haven't read it yet). Covers across times/geographies but not quite so huge as the Cambridge World History! Of course it's also one writer rather than a range - this has advantages (single coherent account) and disadvantages (you may want to check our scholarly reviews etc. to understand where others disagree)