Contents: Introduction -- 1. The origins of slavery and the slave trade -- 2. The categories of slaves and their work -- 3. The cultivation and land rights of slaves -- 4. The social rights of slaves -- 5. The marriage of slaves and their children -- 6. The concubines and their children -- 7. Pawning and hiring out slaves -- 8. The running away of slaves -- 9. The penalty for murder -- 10. Freedom from slavery -- 11. From slavery to serfdom