Tracing the Stories of Russian Fugitive Slaves in 16th Century Üsküdar
Journal: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Year: 2025

&lt;p&gt;In the 16th century, &Uuml;sk&uuml;dar Law Court registers were filled with hundreds of brief and standardized entries concerning Russian fugitive slave cases, in a way that was rarely seen in other districts of the empire or historical periods. In order to interpret this anomalous historical phenomenon, this study examines the historical context of the 16th-century Black Sea slave trade and categorizes and analyzes the most common case types through hundreds of nearly identical records