ISBN:
9781583676639
,
9781583676646
Language:
English
Pages:
256 Seiten
,
21 cm
DDC:
306.3/6209709032
Keywords:
Slave trade History 17th century
;
Slave trade History 17th century
;
Caribbean Area
;
North America
;
History
;
1600-1699
;
North America History 17th century
;
Caribbean Area History 17th century
;
Nordamerika
;
Karibik
;
Sklaverei
;
Kolonialismus
;
Geschichte 1600-1700
Abstract:
"Account of of the slave trade and its lasting effects on modern life, based on the history of the Eastern Seaboard of North America, the Caribbean, Africa, and what is now Great Britain"--
Abstract:
Beginning -- No providence for Africans and the indigenous -- The rise of the merchants and the beheading of a king -- Jamaica seized from Spain : slavery and the slave trade expand -- The Dutch ousted from the mainland : slavery and the slave trade expand -- More enslaved Africans arrive in the Caribbean, along with more revolts -- The spirit of 1676 : the identity politics of "whiteness" and prelude to colonial secession -- The "Glorious Revolution" of 1688 : not so glorious for Africans and the indigenous -- Apocalypse now
