Ana Lucia Araujo (Washington DC Howard University)

The Gift

How Objects of Prestige Shaped the Atlantic Slave Trade and Colonialism

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Produktbeschreibung

The Gift tells the story of one silver ceremonial sword offered as a gift by French traders to an African agent, and reveals how prestigious gifts shaped the trade of enslaved Africans. This compelling account will interest historians of slavery and material culture.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Studies on the African Diaspora
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 307
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. November 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 150mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 486g
• ISBN-13: 9781108839297
• ISBN-10: 1108839290
• Artikelnr.: 68713098

Autorenporträt

Ana Lucia Araujo is a Professor of History at Howard University. A specialist on the history and memory of slavery and the Atlantic slave trade, she has authored and edited thirteen books.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: On Gifts and the Atlantic Slave Trade
1. The Loango Coast and the Rise of the Atlantic Slave Trade
2. La Rochelle and Atlantic Africa
3. Slave Traders Turned Pirates
4. Deciphering the Gift
5. A Displaced Gift
6. Ngoyo Meets Dahomey
Conclusion: Objects that Shaped the Slave Trade and Colonialism
Bibliography
Index.