Way of Death
Merchant Capitalism and the Angolan Slave Trade, 1730-1830
Published on 30. October 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
800 pages
978-0-299-11564-7 (ISBN)
Description
With extraordinary skill, Joseph C. Miller explores the complex relationships among the separate economies of Africa, Europe, and the South Atlantic that collectively supported the slave trade. He places the grim history of the trade itself within the context of the rise of merchant capitalism in the eighteenth century. Throughout, Miller illuminates the experiences of the slaves themselves, reconstructing what can be known of their sufferings at the hands of their buyers and sellers.
Reviews / Votes
"A landmark study in the history of the Atlantic slave trade. It will be an essential reference for anyone who writes on the trade, from whatever perspective, for years to come. . . . This book is full of rich data, especially concerning the passage from the interior to the coast, the role of Luso-Africans and Europeans in Angolan port cities, and conditions on the 'floating tombs' that carried their deathly cargoes across the Atlantic."-Phyllis M. Martin, African Economic History"Way of Death . . . [opens] up in profuse detail and at considerable length the history of the Portuguese South Atlantic empire. . . . We meet African traders dependent on credit extended by Portuguese merchants supplying slaves to Brazilian shippers who were trying to become merchants on their own. And in the background is the shadowy . . . presence of English capital."-Stuart B. Schwartz, New York Times Book Review
"Other scholars have attempted studies of this type, but no one approaches Miller in depth."-John K. Thornton, International Journal of African Historical Studies
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Wisconsin
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
15 maps, 12 figures and tables
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 151 mm
Thickness: 43 mm
Weight
1080 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-299-11564-7 (9780299115647)
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