The Rise and Demise of Slavery and the Slave Trade in the Atlantic World (EPUB) von Philip Misevich

Essays draw on quantitative and qualitative evidence to cast new light on slavery and the transatlantic slave trade as well as on the origins and development of the African diaspora.

Preface
Introduction
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
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
Selected Bibliography
Notes on the Contributors
Index