Captives as Commodities
The Transatlantic Slave Trade
Published on 25. October 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-13-194215-8 (ISBN)
Description
Part of Prentice Hall's Connection: Key Themes in World History series.
Written based on the author's annual course on slave trade, Captives as Commodities examines three key themes: 1) the African context surrounding the Atlantic slave trade, 2) the history of the slave trade itself, and 3) the changing meaning of race and racism. The author draws recent scholarship to provide students with an understanding of Atlantic slave trade.
Written based on the author's annual course on slave trade, Captives as Commodities examines three key themes: 1) the African context surrounding the Atlantic slave trade, 2) the history of the slave trade itself, and 3) the changing meaning of race and racism. The author draws recent scholarship to provide students with an understanding of Atlantic slave trade.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 90 mm
Weight
260 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-194215-8 (9780131942158)
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Lisa A. Lindsay holds a Ph.D. in African history from University of Michigan and teaches at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Before developing her scholarship on the slave trade, she published Working with Gender: Wage Labor and Social Change in Southwestern Nigeria, Men and Masculinities in Modern Africa (co-edited with Stephen F. Miescher), and scholarly articles on colonial Nigeria. She has held fellowships from the American Council of Learned Socities, the National Humanities Center, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Content
Contents
Introduction
The Slave Trade and the Western World
Ways of Studying the Slave Trade
Overview of the Atlantic Slave Trade
Connections
The Old World Background to New World Slavery
The Maritime Revolution and European Trade with Africa
Chapter 1: Why did Europeans Buy African Slaves?
Origins: Economics or Racism
Early Labor Demand in the New World
Northern Europeans and the Expansion of the Slave Trade
The 18th Century Peak of the Slave Trade
Slavery and Racism
Chapter 2: Why Did Africans Sell Slaves?
Common Myths
General Interpretations
The Slave Trade, Wealth, and Power in Africa
The First Two Centuries of Trans-Atlantic Slave Exports from Africa
Expansion of the Trade
Effects of the Slave Trade on Africa
Chapter 3: How Did Enslaved People Cope?
The Henrietta Marie
Passages on Land
Passages at Sea
African Cultures in the New World
Chapter 4: How Did the Slave Trade End?
Profits and the Slave Trade
Ideology and Revolution
Antislavery in the United Kingdom
Revolution in St. Domingue
Final Slave Trade Abolition
What Explains British Antislavery?
Epilogue: Making Connections: Legacy of the Atlantic Slave Trade
The Slave Trade in Modern Memory
Africa
Great Britain
The Americas - The West Indies & Cuba
Brazil
Racism in the Americas
Slavery in the Contemporary World
The Big Lessons
Introduction
The Slave Trade and the Western World
Ways of Studying the Slave Trade
Overview of the Atlantic Slave Trade
Connections
The Old World Background to New World Slavery
The Maritime Revolution and European Trade with Africa
Chapter 1: Why did Europeans Buy African Slaves?
Origins: Economics or Racism
Early Labor Demand in the New World
Northern Europeans and the Expansion of the Slave Trade
The 18th Century Peak of the Slave Trade
Slavery and Racism
Chapter 2: Why Did Africans Sell Slaves?
Common Myths
General Interpretations
The Slave Trade, Wealth, and Power in Africa
The First Two Centuries of Trans-Atlantic Slave Exports from Africa
Expansion of the Trade
Effects of the Slave Trade on Africa
Chapter 3: How Did Enslaved People Cope?
The Henrietta Marie
Passages on Land
Passages at Sea
African Cultures in the New World
Chapter 4: How Did the Slave Trade End?
Profits and the Slave Trade
Ideology and Revolution
Antislavery in the United Kingdom
Revolution in St. Domingue
Final Slave Trade Abolition
What Explains British Antislavery?
Epilogue: Making Connections: Legacy of the Atlantic Slave Trade
The Slave Trade in Modern Memory
Africa
Great Britain
The Americas - The West Indies & Cuba
Brazil
Racism in the Americas
Slavery in the Contemporary World
The Big Lessons