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Description for Crossings
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; HBJH; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 576.
From the mid-fifteenth century to the close of the nineteenth, it is estimated that more than 12 million people from Africa were forced onto slave ships and transported to the Americas; at least 11 million survived the journey. Even after Britain banned the importation of African slaves in its colonies in 1807, and the U.S. followed suit in 1808, more than 3 million Africans made the terrible transit across the Atlantic. Slavery itself was not finally ended until Brazilian emancipation in 1888. Crossings explores the broad sweep of slavery across the Atlantic world, revealing the extraordinary efforts to end it ... Read more
From the mid-fifteenth century to the close of the nineteenth, it is estimated that more than 12 million people from Africa were forced onto slave ships and transported to the Americas; at least 11 million survived the journey. Even after Britain banned the importation of African slaves in its colonies in 1807, and the U.S. followed suit in 1808, more than 3 million Africans made the terrible transit across the Atlantic. Slavery itself was not finally ended until Brazilian emancipation in 1888. Crossings explores the broad sweep of slavery across the Atlantic world, revealing the extraordinary efforts to end it ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
578g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780231945
SKU
V9781780231945
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Ref
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About James Walvin
James Walvin is one of the foremost historians of the slave trade. The author of over 30 books, he is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Professor Emeritus at the University of York. He lives in York, UK.
Reviews for Crossings
'The incomparable James Walvin has done it again: he has crafted a beautifully written and deeply informed single volume history of the Atlantic slave trade and its consequences on three continents. This book is full of fresh ideas and astounding detail; it is at once great storytelling, punctuated with real people and voices, and an unblinking analysis of numerous ... Read more