The Rise of African Slavery in the Americas
| Author/creator | Eltis, David, 1940- Author |
| Other author | American Council of Learned Societies. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Cambridge University Press |
| Description | 372 p. ill 22.800 x 015.200 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from ACLS Humanities E-Book |
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| Summary | Annotation 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. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Awards note | Frederick Douglass Prize (won), 2000 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 99013352 |
| ISBN | 9780521652315 |
| ISBN | 0521652316 (Trade Cloth) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780521652315 |
| Stock number | 00004933 |