In the early nineteenth century the major economic players of the Atlantic trade lanes -- the United States; Brazil; and Cuba -- witnessed explosive commercial growth. Commodities like cotton; coffee; and sugar contributed to the fantastic wealth of an elite few and the enslavement of many. As a result of an increased population and concurrent economic expansion; the United States widened its trade relationship with Cuba and Brazil; importing half of Brazil's coffee exports and 82 percent of Cuba's total exports by 1877. Disease; Resistance; and Lies examines the impact of these burgeoning markets on the Atlantic slave trade between these countries from 1808 -- when the U.S. government outlawed American involvement in the slave trade to Cuba and Brazil -- to 1867; when slave traffic to Cuba ceased.In his comparative study; Dale Graden engages several important historiographic debates; including the extent to which U.S. merchants and capital facilitated the slave trade to Brazil and Cuba; the role of infectious disease in ending the trade to those countries; and the effect of slave revolts in helping to bring the transatlantic slave trade to an end.Graden situates the transatlantic slave trade within the expanding and rapidly changing international economy of the first half of the nineteenth century; offering a fresh analysis of the "Southern Triangle Trade" that linked Cuba; Brazil; and Africa. Disease; Resistance; and Lies challenges more conservative interpretations of the waning decades of the transatlantic slave trade by arguing that the threats of infectious disease and slave resistance both influenced policymakers to suppress slave traffic to Brazil and Cuba and also made American merchants increasingly unwilling to risk their capital in the transport of slaves.
#1860628 in Books Louisiana State University Press 2007-09-01 2007-09-01Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.90 x 1.28 x 6.28l; 1.83 #File Name: 0807132934640 pages
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Nothing Like ItBy Nat ShapiraIn researching the story of the 1st Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry; I came across a brief excerpt from Stephen Z. Starr's first volume of his 3-volume study of cavalry operations in the Civil War. I was entranced by the breadth and depth of the work; the facts; the writing style; and the amount of information Starr provides the reader in Vol. 1 (from the War's beginning to Gettysburg); and am excited about reading Vols. 2; and 3. Starr has the facility of making history read like a novel--always there at hand; and difficult to put down.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Great source bookBy C. CastagnetoBest resource for boots-and-saddle history. No one has bested Starr in his completeness and thorough approach to the subject. Excellent footnotes and bib.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy pumpshoppatAvery good history
