African slavery in Latin America and the Caribbean / Herbert S. Klein and Ben Vinson III.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klein, Herbert S.

Contributor:

Vinson, Ben, III

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--Latin America--History.

Slavery.

Plantation life.

History.

Slave trade.

Latin America.

Slavery--Caribbean Area--History.

Caribbean Area.

Slave trade--Latin America--History.

Slave trade--Caribbean Area--History.

Plantation life--Latin America--History.

Plantation life--Caribbean Area--History.

Physical Description:

xix, 286 pages : maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Contents:

Origins of the American slave system

The establishment of African slavery in Latin America in the 16th century

Sugar and slavery in the Caribbean in the 17th and 18th centuries

Slavery in Portuguese and Spanish America in the 18th century

Slavery and the plantation economy in the Caribbean in the 19th century

Slavery and the plantation economy in Brazil and the Guyanas in the 19th century

Life, death, and the family in Afro-American slave societies

Creation of a slave community and Afro-American culture

Slave resistance and rebellion

Freedmen in a slave society

Transition from slavery to freedom.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-272) and index.

ISBN:

9780195189414

0195189418

9780195189421

0195189426

OCLC:

137222798