The Nuance and Context Missing From Discussions on Slavery, US Slavery and the Civil War.

Twenty-five years ago, I was tasked to write several sections for the Chronology of World Slavery edited by Junius P. Rodriguez. I wrote on the Punishment of Slaves, the Psychology of Slavery, the Kansas–Nebraska Act, Church Attitudes Toward Slavery, and the Mutilation of Slaves. Much was reduced to attributes associated with slavery in the US, somethin…