This is the third volume in Hansen's classic slave trade trilogy. When America was discovered and plantations established; slave labour became the principal export commodity from the Gold Coast. This book is about the history of Danish/Norwegian participation in the trans- Atlantic slave trade. It describes the organisation of the trade; the participants; the challenge; and the link with the West Indies to where the slaves were transported for work on the sugar plantations. It describes Danish purchase of islands in the West Indies; and traces how the decline in Dutch and British trade; and the abilities of the Danish administration led to a golden age in the Danish slave trade in the 1770s and 1780s. In that period; the Danish share in the total slave trade exceeded ten percent; and the decline in the trade with the growth of a new European consciousness; heralded abolition. Coast of Slaves; the first volume of the trilogy; was originally published in Danish in 1967. This English translation is edited to provide explantions about inaccessible references as well as established factual misrepresentations.
#13273127 in Books Oceano De Mexico 2007-06-30Original language:Spanish 7.25 x 4.50 x .75l; #File Name: 9707772425199 pages
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