The Rise of African Slavery in the Americas

David Eltis (Queen's University, Ontario)

The Rise of African Slavery in the Americas
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Country
United Kingdom
Published
28 October 1999
Pages
372
ISBN
9780521652315

The Rise of African Slavery in the Americas

David Eltis (Queen's University, Ontario)

Exploring the paradox of the concurrent development of slavery and freedom in the European domains, The Rise of African Slavery in the Americas provides a fresh interpretation of the development of the English Atlantic slave system. The book outlines a major African role in the evolution of the Atlantic societies before the nineteenth century and argues that the transatlantic slave trade was a result of African strength rather than African weakness. It also addresses changing patterns of group identity to account for the racial basis of slavery in the early modern Atlantic World.

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