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The Slave Trade: History Files - Softcover

Walvin, James

 
9780500289174: The Slave Trade: History Files
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0500289174 ISBN 13: 9780500289174
Verlag: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2011

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The sixteenth-century Spanish and Portuguese explorers who went to Africa in search of gold discovered an even more lucrative cargo: slaves. A hugely profitable transatlantic trade in human lives soon developed, linking the continents of Europe, Africa, and the Americas, and great fortunes were built. Africans and their descendants cultivated sugar throughout the Caribbean and Brazil, and tobacco, cotton, and rice in the American South. A fervent abolitionist campaign eventually succeeded in changing public opinion and forced governments to outlaw it, but the Atlantic slave trade persisted well into the nineteenth century, with incalculable human costs.James Walvin is an expert guide to the origins, development, eventual abolition, and legacies of the slave trade, focusing on the experiences of those who lived through slavery. The ten facsimile documents include plans and logs of slave ships and auction sale notices as well as private letters and emancipation proclamations. A wealth of evocative images photographs, paintings, objects, and contemporary maps give further insight into the horrors and global impact of the transatlantic slave trade.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

James Walvin is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of York in England and an authority on the slave trade. His recent books include The Trader, the Owner, the Slave; A Short History of Slavery; and The Slave Trade.

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The History Files series presents the people, events and ideas that have shaped our world, through the lens of recent research. Each title covers a single topic and is illustrated with telling images from out-of-the-way sources and a collection of facsimile documents, bringing the past to life in an accessible yet authoritative format. Focusing on the experiences of those who lived through slavery, James Walvin, a leading authority on the subject, discusses the origins, development, abolition and legacies of the slave trade. The facsimile documents bring the period alive, as do the poignant quotations taken from first-hand accounts, detailed box features and over 150 evocative images.

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Verlag
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0500289174
ISBN 13 
9780500289174
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
144
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