The end of slavery in Africa and the Americas : a comparative approach /
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| Imprint: | Berlin : Lit ; Piscataway, NJ : Distribution in North America by Transaction Publishers, c2011. |
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| Description: | 169 p. ; 21 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Slavery and postemancipation ; vol. 4 Sklaverei und Postemanzipation ; Bd. 4. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8961803 |
| Summary: | For centuries social and economic relations within the Atlantic space were dominated by slavery and the transatlantic slave trade from Africa to the Americas. By the slowly and arduously achieved end of this trade, slave labour in the Americas was replaced in many cases by other forms of coerced labour of African Caribbean people or Indian, Chinese, African or European immigrants. This book focuses on the transformation of societies after the slave trade and slavery in a comparative intercontinental perspective. It combines micro- and macro-historical approaches and looks at the agency of slaves, missionaries, abolitionists, state officials, seamen and soldiers. |
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| Physical Description: | 169 p. ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9783643103451 364310345X |
