The book offers a new interpretation of why the slave trades (transatlantic as well as intra-American) began and ended, questioning the established narratives. A comprehensive and major work for scholars and students that should transform our assessment of the history of the Atlantic World.
The book offers a new interpretation of why the slave trades (transatlantic as well as intra-American) began and ended, questioning the established narratives. A comprehensive and major work for scholars and students that should transform our assessment of the history of the Atlantic World.
David Eltis is Professor Emeritus at Emory University and the University of British Columbia. He is a founding member of www.slavevoyages.org, a publicly accessible transatlantic slave trade database. His three sole authored books have won twelve prizes, including the Frederick Douglass Prize.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface 1. Atlantic slave trading and world history 2. The Americas and Atlantic slave trading: the Iberians and the rest 3. Europe and Atlantic slave trading 4. The Portuguese system 5. Africa, Africans, and the slave trade 6. Abolition: metropolitan reservations, peripheral pressure 7. Freedom? Conclusion Index.
Preface 1. Atlantic slave trading and world history 2. The Americas and Atlantic slave trading: the Iberians and the rest 3. Europe and Atlantic slave trading 4. The Portuguese system 5. Africa, Africans, and the slave trade 6. Abolition: metropolitan reservations, peripheral pressure 7. Freedom? Conclusion Index.
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