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Author:

Postma, Johannes.

Title:

The Atlantic slave trade / Johannes Postma.

Publisher:

Published in paperback by arrangement with Greenwood Publishing,
Published in paperback by arrangement with Greenwood Publishing,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

xxii, 177 p., [7] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Slave trade--Africa--History.
Slave trade--Europe--History.
Slave trade--America--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-165) and index.

Contents:

Chronology of events -- 1. Forced migration from Africa : an overview -- 2. Dreadful journeys to a new world -- 3. The statistics : origins, destinations, and mortality -- 4. Trade in people : profits, losses, and consequences -- 5. The struggle to end the Atlantic slave trade -- 6. The legacy of the Atlantic slave trade -- Biographical sketches : significant persons in the Atlantic slave trade -- Primary documents of the Atlantic slave trade -- Glossary of terms.

Series:

Greenwood guides to historic events, 1500-1900, 1538-442X

ISBN:

9780813029061 (alk. paper)
0813029066 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)60798496

LCCN:

2005042313

Locations:

UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)