Slavery in Russia, 1450-1725

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Contents Maps, Figures, and Tables Preface 1. Slavery in Russia, 1450-1725 Part I. The Law of Slavery 2. Legal Varieties of Muscovite Slavery The Varieties of Slavery Registered Slavery Indenture 3. Slaveowners and Slaves 4. Family Law 5. Legal Relations between Masters and Slaves Sic utere Murder of a Slave Slave Obligations to the Master Brutality Sickness and Old Age Slave Property Complaints Against the Slaveowner Slaveowner Rights of Alienation Manumission The Slave As Private Property, Recoverable at Law 6. Legal Relations between Slaves and Strangers Assault of a Slave by a Stranger “Keeping Their Place” 7. Legal Relations between Slaveowners Fugitives Aiding and Harboring Fugitives Ownership Disputes The Purchase of Fugitive Slaves Stolen Property Commercial Transactions 8. Procedure and Evidence Slaves as Witnesses Other Witnesses The General Investigation The Slave as Litigant Guarantors (Sureties) and Bail Documentation Evidence The Continuance Expeditious Judgments Other Formalities: Sobriety, Appearance For Trials Perjury Arbitration 9. Slavery Offices and Officials The Officials of the Slavery System S 8-^ Fees Part II. The Sociology of Slavery 10. The Image of the Slave, Slave Prices, and the Domestic Slave Trade The Image of the Slave Prices 11. Origins of Slaves and Précipitants into Slavery 12. Social Barriers: Ethnicity, Poverty, Anthroponymy, and Geographic Mobility National Stereotypes Ritual Distancing 13. Slave Demography Heads of Households Family Household Composition Age Structure Marriage and Natality Sex Ratios 14. Slave Occupations Elite Slaves Slaves in the Army Privately Owned Elite Slaves Slaves in Commerce Intermediate- and Low-Status Slaves Household Slaves Slaves in Muscovite Agricultural Production 15. The Nature of the Muscovite Slave System: Treatment, Manumission, and the Transition to Freedom Slave Participation in Public Life Manumission 16. Slave Volition and Resistance to Slavery Resistance to Slavery Attacks against Owners Flight Destruction of Documents The Lives of Fugitives after Flight The Return of Fugitives Collective Disorders Maroonage Antislavery Thought 17. The Slaveowners Slaveowner Rank Occupations Compensation and Slaveownership Slaveowner Volition Forms of Slaveownership Corporate Ownership of Slaves The Life Cycle of Slaveownership Conflict Engendered by Slavery Common Interests of Slaveowners Slaveowner Politics Idleness 18. The Importance of Slavery in Russia The Functions of Slavery The Abolition of Slavery among Non-Russians in the Russian Empire The Heritage of Muscovite Slavery Is Freedom a Zero-Sum Game? Abbreviations of Works Cited Selected Bibliography Index