The rise and demise of slavery and the slave trade in the Atlantic world. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Philip Misevich and Kristin Mann.
• Editors: Misevich, Philip; Mann, Kristin, 1946-
• Contents: Introduction / Kristin Mann and Philip Misevich -- Slavery and the slave trade -- Consuming goods, consuming people : reflections on the transatlantic slave trade / David Richardson -- Caribbean slavery / Philip Morgan -- "What happened in the colonies stayed in the colonies? : the Dutch and the slave-free paradox / Rik van Welie -- The growth of the Atlantic slave trade on the windward coast of Africa / Jelmer Vos -- Winds and sea currents of the Atlantic slave trade / Daniel B. Domingues da Silva -- The end of the slave trade and slavery? -- Liberty, equality, humanity : antislavery and civil society in Britain and France / Seymour Drescher -- US shipbuilding, Atlantic markets, and the structures of the contraband slave trade / Leonardo Marques -- The illegal slave trade and one Yoruba man's transatlantic passages from slavery to freedom / Kristin Mann -- The Mende and Sherbro diaspora in nineteenth-century southern Sierra Leone / Philip Misevich -- The slow pace of slave emancipation and ex-slave equality / Stanley L. Engerman -- Creole versus sugar : the birth of the Trinidad nation / Robert Goddard -- Child stealing, slave dealing, and African agency in colonial southern Nigeria / Olatunji Ojo.
• Publisher Details: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 361 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 900; Slave trade -- Atlantic Ocean Region -- History; Slave trade -- Africa -- History; Slavery -- Atlantic Ocean Region -- History; Slavery -- Africa -- History; African diaspora -- History; HISTORY / Civilization; HISTORY / Essays; HISTORY / Reference; HISTORY / Social History; African diaspora; Slave trade; Slavery; Africa; Atlantic Ocean Region; Electronic books; History; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781782046561; 1782046569; 9781782048060; 1782048065
• Related ISBNs: 9781580465601; 1580465609
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-345) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.