Curtin combines modern research and statistical methods with his broad knowledge of the field to present the first book-length quantitative analysis of the Atlantic slave trade. Its basic evidence suggests revision of currently held opinions concerning the place of the slave tra…
A quantitative analysis of the Atlantic slave trade.
This volume explores diverse sources such as oral testimonies and African intellectual writings to discover what they can tell us about slavery and the slave trade in Africa. It will be invaluable for students and researchers interested in the history of slavery, the slave trade…
To cast light on African perspectives of the history of slavery, top Africanist scholars have examined both conventional historical sources and less-explored sources of information. This is the first of two volumes providing a trove of African sources for studying African slaver…
"What were the experiences of those in Africa who suffered from the practice of slavery, those who found themselves captured and sold from person to person, those who died on the trails, those who were forced to live in fear? And what of those Africans who profited from the slav…
" ... A nuanced and poignantly human account of the British capture and Spanish recovery of this coveted Caribbean city. The book explores both the interconnected histories of the British and Spanish empires and the crucial role played by free people of color and the enslaved in…
by Lazzari, Carla, Mann, Charles C.
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"What is the relationship between trafficking and free trade? Is trafficking the perfection or a perversion of free trade? Trafficking occurs thousands of times each day at borders throughout the world, yet we've come to perceive it as something quite extraordinary. How did this…
by Pétré-Grenouilleau, Olivier
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by Pétré-Grenouilleau, Olivier
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by Pétré-Grenouilleau, Olivier
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Etude de l'histoire globale des traites négrières pendant plus d'un millénaire. Analyse de l'origine du phénomène, de l'évolution des systèmes de traite occidental, africain et oriental et de leurs interactions, de la dynamique et des résultats de l'action abolitionniste et de l…
Introduction: Atlantic/Africa / Dale Tomich and Paul Lovejoy -- African slavery in the nineteenth century : inseparable partner of the Atlantic slave trade / Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch -- The great transformation : world capitalism and the crisis of slavery in the Americas / T…
"Traces the inner connections between the second slavery in the Americas, slavery in Africa, the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade, and the "Great Transformation" of the nineteenth century world economy"--
"Traces the inner connections between the second slavery in the Americas, slavery in Africa, the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade, and the "Great Transformation" of the nineteenth century world economy"--
An exploration of major historical developments of global significance-the Atlantic slave trade, industrialization, colonialism, the World Wars, decolonization, and feminism-from the perspectives of Africans who experienced them.
