The Slavery Reader brings together the most recent and essential writings on slavery. The focus is on Atlantic slavery – the enforced movement of millions of Africans from their homelands into the Americas; and the complex historical story of slavery in the Americas. Spanning almost five centuries – the late fifteenth until the mid-nineteenth – the articles trace the range and impact of slavery on the modern Western world. Key themes include: the origins and development of American slavery work family; gender and community slave culture slave economy resistance race and social structure Africans in the Atlantic world. Together with the editors' clear and authoritative commentary and a substantial introduction; this volume will become central to the study of slavery.
#5060456 in Books Leonie J Archer 1988-12-24 1988-08-11Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 11.69 x .73 x 8.26l; .81 #File Name: 0415002044320 pagesSlavery And Other Forms of Unfree Labour
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