The inclusion of the New World in the international economy; among the most important events in modern history; was based on slavery. Europeans brought at least eight million black men; women and children out of Africa to the Western Hemisphere between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries; and slavery transformed the Atlantic into a complex trading area. This trade united North and South America; Europe; and Africa through the movement of peoples; goods and services; credit and capital. The essays in this book place slavery in the mainstream of modern history. They describe the transfer of slavery from the Old World; its role in forging the interdependence of the economies bordering the Atlantic; its effect on the empires of Portugal; the Netherlands; France; and Great Britain; and its impact on Africa.
#5240013 in Books Cambridge University Press 2011-02-17Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.02 x .63 x 5.98l; .89 #File Name: 0521182484272 pages
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