ISBN:
9780199885022
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (233 pages)
Edition:
2nd ed.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.3/62098
Keywords:
Slavery-Latin America-History
;
Slavery-Caribbean Area-History
;
Slave trade-Latin America-History
;
Slave trade-Caribbean Area-History
;
Plantation life-Latin America-History
;
Plantation life-Caribbean Area-History
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
African Slavery in Latin America and the Caribbean is an original survey of the economic and social history of slavery and of the Afro-American experience in Latin America and the Caribbean. Covering not only Spanish but also Portuguese and French regions, and encompassing the latest research on the plantation system as well as on mining and the urban experience, the book brings together the recent findings on demography, the slave trade, the construction of the slave community and Afro-American culture. The book also sheds new light on the processes of accommodation and rebellion and the experience of emancipation. The book concludes with a look at the post-emancipation integration patterns in the different societies, analyzing the relative success of the ex-slaves in obtaining control over land and escaping from the old plantation regimes. This second edition brings together the latest research and newest themes developed in the past two decades on slavery and the Afro-American experience both in the traditional centers of the Caribbean and Brazil, but also in such previously neglected areas as Mexico and the mainland Spanish American colonies and republics.
Abstract:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Contents -- Maps -- 1. Origins of the American Slave System -- 2. The Establishment of African Slavery in Latin America in the 16th Century -- 3. Sugar and Slavery in the Caribbean in the 17th and 18th Centuries -- 4. Slavery in Portuguese and Spanish America in the 18th Century -- 5. Slavery and the Plantation Economy in the Caribbean in the 19th Century -- 6. Slavery and the Plantation Economy in Brazil and the Guyanas in the 19th Century -- 7. Life, Death, and the Family in Afro-American Slave Societies -- 8. Creation of a Slave Community and Afro-American Culture -- 9. Slave Resistance and Rebellion -- 10. Freedmen in a Slave Society -- 11. Transition from Slavery to Freedom -- Bibliographical Notes -- Tables -- Index.
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