Shaping the New World, African slavery in the Americas, 1500-1888, Eric Nellis
Type
Label
Shaping the New World, African slavery in the Americas, 1500-1888, Eric Nellis
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
maps
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Shaping the New World
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
824488947
Responsibility statement
Eric Nellis
Series statement
International themes and issues, volume 3
Sub title
African slavery in the Americas, 1500-1888
Summary
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