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The Rise of African Slavery in the Americas

By David Eltis

Book information

Year
1999
ISBN
0521652316, 9780521652315, 052165548X, 9780521655484, 9780511583667
Open Library ID
OL15473750M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8259006 bytes)
Pages
372\371
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Exploring the paradox of the concurrent development of slavery and freedom in the European domains, The Rise of African Slavery in the Americas provides a fresh interpretation of the development of the English Atlantic slave system. The book outlines a major African role in the evolution of the Atlantic societies before the nineteenth century and argues that the transatlantic slave trade was a result of African strength rather than African weakness. It also addresses changing patterns of group identity to account for the racial basis of slavery in the early modern Atlantic World.

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