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The Atlantic Slave Trade
Johannes M. Postma
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Description for The Atlantic Slave Trade
Paperback. The history of the slave trade. Num Pages: 208 pages, 10 b&w photos, 3 maps, 3 tables, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
In 1502, the first African slaves were taken to Hispaniola. In 1888, Brazil became the last nation in the Western Hemisphere to outlaw slavery. For the nearly 400 years in between, slavery played a major role in linking the histories of Africa, North and South America, and Europe. Beginning with an overview of African slavery in the New World, Postma provides a detailed examination of five separate aspects of the phenomenon: the capture of slaves and the Middle Passage the identities of the enslaved and their lives after capture the economics of the slave trade the struggle to end slavery ... Read more
In 1502, the first African slaves were taken to Hispaniola. In 1888, Brazil became the last nation in the Western Hemisphere to outlaw slavery. For the nearly 400 years in between, slavery played a major role in linking the histories of Africa, North and South America, and Europe. Beginning with an overview of African slavery in the New World, Postma provides a detailed examination of five separate aspects of the phenomenon: the capture of slaves and the Middle Passage the identities of the enslaved and their lives after capture the economics of the slave trade the struggle to end slavery ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Florida, United States
ISBN
9780813029061
SKU
V9780813029061
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-52
About Johannes M. Postma
Johannes Postma is emeritus professor of history at Minnesota State University, author of The Dutch in the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1600-1815, and co-editor of Riches from Atlantic Commerce: Dutch Transatlantic Trade and Shipping, 1585-1817.
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