Slaves and religions in Graeco-Roman antiquity and modern Brazil [electronic resource] /
edited by Stephen Hodkinson and Dick Geary.
- Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012.
- 1 online resource (viii, 341 p.)
Slaves have never been mere passive victims of slavery. Typically, they have responded with ingenuity to their violent separation from their native societies, using a variety of strategies to create new social networks and cultures. Religion has been a ma