ISBN:
9781780231945
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (258 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Crossings : Africa, the Americas and the Atlantic Slave Trade
DDC:
306.3
Keywords:
Slave trade -- Africa -- History
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Slave trade -- Atlantic Ocean Region -- History
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Slave trade -- Europe -- History
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Slave trade -- United States -- History
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Slavery -- Africa -- History
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Slavery -- Atlantic Ocean Region -- History
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Slavery -- Europe -- History
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Slave trade ; Africa ; History
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Slave trade ; Atlantic Ocean Region ; History
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Slave trade ; Europe ; History
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Slave trade ; United States ; History
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Slavery ; Africa ; History
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Slavery ; Atlantic Ocean Region ; History
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Slavery ; Europe ; History
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Electronic books
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Abstract:
We all know the story of the slave trade-the infamous Middle Passage, the horrifying conditions on slave ships, the millions that died on the journey, and the auctions that awaited the slaves upon their arrival in the Americas. But much of the writing on the subject has focused on the European traders and the arrival of slaves in North America. In Crossings, eminent historian James Walvin covers these established territories while also traveling back to the story's origins in Africa and south to Brazil, an often forgotten part of the triangular trade, in an effort to explore the broad s
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Crossings: Africa, the Americas and the Atlantic Slave Trade; Imprint Page; Contents; Introduction; One: Africa and Africans; Two: Slave Trading on the Coast; Three: Slave Ships, Cargoes and Sailors; Four: The Sea; Five: Mutinies and Revolts; Six: Landfall; Seven: Resistance; Eight: Chasing the Slave Ships: Abolition and After; Nine: The Durable Institution: Slavery after Abolition; Ten: Then and Now: Slavery and the Modern World; References; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements; Index
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