Comparative Perspectives on Slavery Before the Age of Exploration Panel

This panel contextualized slavery and unfreedom before the age of explorations highlighting various early geographies and communities from the classical world to the Americas. It covered key aspects that shaped servitude and linked to how these materialized through class, gender, culture and law lenses.

Panelists:
Peter Hunt, Professor of Classics, University of Colorado-Boulder
Gabriel Kruell, Research Associate, Institute of Historical Research at National Autonomous University of Mexico
Paloma Martinez-Cruz, Professor of Latino/a Cultural and Literary Studies, The Ohio State University

Moderator: Bert Harrill, Professor of History, The Ohio State University

03:37 Peter Hunt, “How is the Water for Running Away? The Gender of Fugitive Slaves in the Classical World”

38:37 Gabriel Kruell, "Tlacoyotl: Pre-Hispanic Slavery among the Mexica"

01:06:46 Paloma Martinez-Cruz, "Women Healers of Tenochtitlan: Mexica Rites and Female Warriors"

01:44:37 Questions and Answers

This is an Ohio State University Center for Historical Research (CHR) presentation and part of the "Bridging Global Lenses on Servitude & Unfree Labor: From Ancient Times to the Present" Series. For more information about CHR and this Series, please visit https://chr.osu.edu