Shaping the New World : African slavery in the Americas, 1500-1888 / Eric Nellis.
Between 1500 and the middle of the nineteenth century, some 12.5 million slaves were sent as bonded labour from Africa to the European settlements in the Americas. Eric Nellis's remarkable synthesis, Shaping the New World, introduces students to the origins, growth, and consolidation of African slavery in the Americas. While the book explores the idea of the African slave as a tool in the formation of new American societies, it also acknowledges the culture, humanity, and importance of the slave as a person and highlights the role of women in slave societies. Serving as the third book in the UTP/CHA International Themes and Issues Series, Shaping the New World introduces readers to the topic of African slavery in the New World from a comparative perspective, specifically focusing on the English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch slave systems.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781442605558 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 1442605553 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9781442607644 (bound)
- ISBN: 1442607645 (bound)
- Physical Description: xix, 183 pages : maps ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: North York, Ontario, Canada : University of Toronto Press, [2013]
- Copyright: ©2013
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General Note: | Co-published by: Canadian Historical Association. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-175) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The setting for New World slavery : an overview -- The Atlantic slave trade -- Slavery and the shaping of colonial Latin America : 1500-1800 -- The making of the black Caribbean, 1650-1800 -- Slavery in prerevolutionary North America : the making of the "South" -- The slave as person : women, children, family, and culture -- The apogee : revolutions, abolitionism, persistence -- Conclusion. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Indiana State Library - Indianapolis | ISLM HT1048 .N45 2013 (Text) | 00000105899108 | Browsing Collection | Available | - |