Astonishing and to the point, World Slavery: The Bigger Picture by Robert Soper examines the appalling, often shocking history of slavery from ancient time to the modern world. Disturbing on a number of fronts, the author isolates incredible acts of cruel brutality at the very dawn of mankind. From early Egypt, Greece, and Rome through the Dark Ages to slavery in Islam, the Far East, and Columbus's first voyage, he describes the Eunuchs and contextualizes the slave experience by describing life in Africa and during the Industrial Revolution, thus providing a unique contrasting assessment. An...