Slaves for peanuts : a story of conquest, liberation, and a crop that changed history / Jori Lewis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lewis, Jori, author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--Africa, West.

Slavery.

Agricultural laborers--Africa, West.

Agricultural laborers.

Peanut industry--Africa, West.

Peanut industry.

West Africa.

Physical Description:

xiii, 367 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : The New Press, 2022.

Summary:

"A stunning work of popular history-the story of how a crop transformed the history of slavery. Author Jori Lewis reveals how demand for peanut oil in Europe ensured that slavery in Africa would persist well into the twentieth century, long after the European powers had officially banned it in the territories they controlled"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Part I

1. A Shelter for Runaway Slaves

2. A Crossroads

3. A Spark, a Solution, the Industrial Revolution

4. From Here to There and Back Again

5. A Peanut Ruse

6. The Legend of Ndakaaru

7. The Caravan

8. Those of the Sand

9. A Middleman

Part II

10. The People Who Came from the Sea

11. The African Business

12. Unholy Wars

13. A Word on Slavery

14. This Black Man from Goree

15. Lat Joor Wants His Slaves Back

Part III

16. A Sickness with No Name

17. A Native Evangelist

18. Ceebu Jen

19. A Steamboat on Land

20. The Ebbs and Flows of My Courage

Part IV

21. Saxayaay

22. Springtime in Paris

23. Reports from the Rivers

24. A New Appeal

25. The Fifteen Captives of Ndiack Ndiaye

26. The Future of France

27. A Word on Freedom

28. The Civilizing Mission

29. A Stain That Must Be Washed

Part V

30. A Delicate Business

31. You Will Find Only Jackals and Hyenas

32. A Colleague and a Partner

33. Since the Invention of the Peanut

34. Special Seeds

35. Interregnums

36. The Propagation of French Culture?

Part VI

37. The Darnel

38. Bethesda

39. Poor Lat Joor

40. Go East!

41. The Dawn of a New Era

42. We Have Already Proven That the Negro Is Capable

Part VII

43. Lost and Found (Ephemera)

44. Why Have the Peanuts Degenerated?

45. Kerbala

46. On the Run

47. Your Civilization Has Not Dazzled Him

48. This Land of My Ancestors

Part VIII

49. A Peanut Fable

50. One of the Most Delicate Questions

51. A Child from the Dark Continent

52. Emaciated Lands

53. Drink My Cup to the Dregs

54. The Crushing Supremacy of the Peanut

55. What Remained.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Lewis, Jori. Slaves for peanuts.

ISBN:

9781620971567

1620971569

OCLC:

1281788259