The transatlantic slave trade played a major role in the development of the modern world. It both gave birth to and resulted from the shift from feudalism into the European Commercial Revolution. James A. Rawley fills a scholarly gap in the historical discussion of the slave trade from the fifteenth
The African Slave Trade: A Revised and Expanded Edition
β Scribed by Basil Davidson
- Publisher
- Atlantic Monthly Press
- Year
- 1980
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 304
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Table of Contents
Contents
Introduction
PART ONE: FACT AND FABLE
1. Before the Trade Began
2. The Old States of Africa
3. Similarities
4. Slaves and Slaving
5. Differences
PART TWO: THE YEARS OF TRIAL
1. At First a Trickle
2. Gold and Elephantβs Teeth
3. And Then a Flood
4. Battle for the Coast
5. The Trade Pays Off
6. Abolition
PART THREE: MANNER OF THE TRADE
1. How Many?
2. The System Installed
3. Rules and Customs
4. Attitudes and Opinions
5. Where Did They Come From?
6. Three Regions
PART FOUR: MANI-CONGO
1. Discovery
2. Royal Brothers
3. Congo: Ngola: Matamba
4. Law and Order
5. From Alliance to Invasion
6. Root of the Evil
PART FIVE: EAST COAST FORTUNES
1. A Riddle at Kilwa
2. Cities of the Seaboard
3. The Vital Contrast
4. In the Wake of the Storm
5. When You Pipe at Zanzibar ...
PART SIX: FRONTIER OF OPPORTUNITY
1. Like Nothing Else ...
2. The People of the Salt Water
3. βChildren of Godβ
4. Partners in Trade
5. Behind the Coast
6. Disaster at Benin
7. One Gun: One Slave
8. Asante: The New Battle for the Coast
9. The Partnership Cracks
10. Men like Ja Ja: The Last Phase
PART SEVEN: FOUR CENTURIES: A SUMMING UP
An End and a Beginning
A Note to this Edition
Reading Guide
Index
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