ISBN:
9780742567306
,
9780742567313 (Sekundärausgabe)
Language:
English
Pages:
237 p.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource ISBN 9780742567313
Edition:
[Online-Ausg.]
Series Statement:
The Human Tradition around the World series
DDC:
305.896
Keywords:
Geschichte 1500-2000
;
Schwarze
;
Sklaverei
;
Ethnische Beziehungen
;
Lebensbedingungen
;
Atlantischer Raum
;
Biographie
Abstract:
Like snapshots of everyday life in the past, the compelling biographies in this book document the making of the Black Atlantic world since the sixteenth century from the point of view of those who were part of it. Centering on the diaspora caused by the forced migration of Africans to Europe and across the Atlantic to the Americas, the chapters explore the slave trade, enslavement, resistance, adaptation, cultural transformations, and the quest for citizenship rights. Drawing on a rich array of little-known documents, the contributors reconstruct the lives and times of some well-known characte...
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
,
Online-Ausg.:
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