WOMEN IN THE INSTITUTION OF SLAVERY AND SLAVE TRADE BETWEEN 1500 AND 1850: A CHRONOLOGICAL EVALUATION

The study focuses on the transformation in societies' slavery related practices, particularly female slavery, depending upon social periods which can be listed as tribalism, classical antiquity, feudalism and capitalism. Particularly after tribalism which means urbanization, slavery has been treated as a manpower for production, a service for household duties and concubinage for masters' desires by societies. During these periods, female slavery has dramatically transformed from household slavery to concubinage. This situation, particularly in capitalism, has turned into brutal practices. The main aim of the study is to show women' situation in three main slave trades and to analyse why practical differences occur in them. The method of study is chronological evaluation in order to assess the differences among social periods, genders and societies' women related perceptions. The study highlights the roles of slave trades not only for victims but also for societies. The practical brutalism in slave trades both female and male victims until the mid-19th century was one of the darkest side of history. In this regard, the study analyses every social period to consider, highlight and evaluate not only for understanding why there are practical differences between genders and but also for demonstrating the history of slavery and slave trade.