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Jason Douglas Porter is the holder of a Leverhulme Early-Career fellowship at the University of Edinburgh. He previously held a postdoctoral position at the University College Dublin, after completing his doctoral thesis at the University of Nottingham. His PhD and following research has focused on historic slavery, predominantly in classical Athens, and he has published several articles, books chapters, and book reviews in this area.
Through meticulous attention to the ancient sources and judicious use of comparative material, Jason Porter shows persuasively that slavery in Athens was not a monolithic institution, illuminating the various methods of exploitation used by enslavers and exploring the repercussions of these differences on the lives of the enslaved themselves. -- Deborah Kamen, University of Washington This book makes an important contribution to current debates on Athenian slavery. Its centre is the detailed exploration of the wide range of management strategies adopted by slave owners in pursuit of varied aims; and the equally diverse effects these had on the experiences of the enslaved and their opportunities for agency, advancement and the formation of varied social relationships. Porter supports his illuminating analyses of a wealth of Athenian texts with the telling use of comparative evidence from other slave systems. -- Nick Fisher, Cardiff University
