Shaping the New World : : African Slavery in the Americas, 1500-1888
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Co-published by: Canadian Historical Association.
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. Shaping the New World introduces students to the origins, growth, and consolidation of African slavery in the Americas and race-based slavery's impact on the economic, social, and cultural development of the New World. 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.
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International themes and issues
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PUBLISHED
Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2013.
Year Published: 2013
Description: xix, 183 pages ; 21 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781442605558
1442605553
9781442607644
1442607645
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Canadian Historical Association.
SUBJECTS
Slavery -- Brazil -- History.
Slavery -- Caribbean Area -- History.
Slavery -- Latin America -- History.
Slavery -- History.
Enslaved people -- America -- Social conditions.
Slave trade -- Africa -- History.
Antislavery movements -- America -- History.