| Transatlantic Slavery: An Introduction Contributor(s): Fleming, David (Author), Benjamin, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 1846316391 ISBN-13: 9781846316395 Publisher: Liverpool University Press OUR PRICE: $21.73 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Slavery - Social Science | Black Studies (global) - History | Africa - West |
| Dewey: 306 |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 8.2" W x 8.1" (0.75 lbs) 96 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - West Africa - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Between 1500 and 1870, millions of Africans were transported across the Atlantic by European traders to work as slaves in the Americas. They were shipped in conditions of great cruelty to lead lives of hard, unremitting labour, subject to degradation and violence. The products of their labour - primarily sugar, coffee and tobacco - were sent back to Europe and the profits derived from slavery helped fuel European economic development in the 18th and 19th centuries. The cost in lives and human suffering was enormous. First published to accompany a permanent gallery in the Merseyside Maritime Museum, this reissue of Transatlantic Slavery with new material documents this era through essays on women in slavery, the impact on West and Central Africa, and the African view of the slave trade. Richly illustrated, it reveals how the slave trade shaped the history of three continents-Africa, the Americas, and Europe-and how all of us continue to live with its consequences. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fleming, David: - David H. Fleming is assistant professor of film and media studies at the University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China.Fleming, David H.: - David H. Fleming is assistant professor of film and media studies at the University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China. |