The rise of African slavery in the Americas David Eltis

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eltis, David, 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--America--History.

Slavery.

Slave trade--America--History.

Slave trade.

Colonies--America--History.

Colonies.

Great Britain--Colonies--America--History.

Great Britain.

Local Subjects:

Great Britain--Colonies--America--History.

Physical Description:

xvii, 353 p. : maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2000.

Contents:

Slavery and freedom in the early modern world

The English, the Dutch, and transoceanic migration

Europeans and African slavery in the Americas

Gender and slavery in the early modern Atlantic world

Productivity in the slave trade

Africa and Europe in the early modern era

The African impact on the transatlantic slave trade

The English plantation Americas in comparative perspective

Ethnicity in the early modern Atlantic world

Europe and the Atlantic slave systems

Epilogue on abolition.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-338) and index.

Local Notes:

The Balch Ethnic Studies Collection.

ISBN:

0521652316

052165548X (pbk.)

OCLC:

40752507

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