Shaping the New World : African slavery in the Americas, 1500-1888 / Eric Nellis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nellis, Eric Guest, 1938- author.

Contributor:

Canadian Historical Association, publisher.

Series:

International themes and issues (Toronto, Ont.) ; v. 3.

International themes and issues ; volume 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--Brazil--History.

Slavery.

Antislavery movements.

History.

Enslaved persons.

Social conditions.

Brazil.

Slavery--Caribbean Area--History.

Caribbean Area.

Slavery--Latin America--History.

Latin America.

Slavery--United States--History.

United States.

Enslaved persons--America--Social conditions.

Slave trade--Africa--History.

Slave trade.

Africa.

Antislavery movements--America--History.

America.

Physical Description:

xix, 183 pages : maps ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

North York, Ontario, Canada : University of Toronto Press, [2013]

Summary:

Between 1500 and the middle of the nineteenth century, some 12.5 million slaves were sent as bonded labour from Africa to the European settlements in the Americas. Shaping the New World introduces students to the origins, growth, and consolidation of African slavery in the Americas and race-based slavery's impact on the economic, social, and cultural development of the New World. While the book explores the idea of the African slave as a tool in the formation of new American societies, it also acknowledges the culture, humanity, and importance of the slave as a person and highlights the role of women in slave societies. Serving as the third book in the UTP/CHA International Themes and Issues Series, Shaping the New World introduces readers to the topic of African slavery in the New World from a comparative perspective, specifically focusing on the English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch slave systems.

Contents:

1 The Setting for New World Slavery: An Overview 1

2 The Atlantic Slave Trade 25

3 Slavery and the Shaping of Colonial Latin America: 1500-1800 43

4 The Making of the Black Caribbean, 1650-1800 73

5 Slavery in Prerevolutionary North America: The Making of the "South" 89

6 The Slave as Person: Women, Children, Family, and Culture 109

7 The Apogee: Revolutions, Abolitionism, Persistence 129

8 Conclusion 161.

Notes:

Co-published by: Canadian Historical Association.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Nellis, Eric Guest, 1938-, author. Shaping the New World.

ISBN:

9781442605558

1442605553

9781442607644

1442607645

OCLC:

824488947