A World Transformed: Slavery in the Americas and the Origins of Global Power

409 Pages·2022·17.302 MB·English

by  Professor James Walvin

A WORLD
TRANSFORMED
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Th e Zong: A Massacre, the Law and the End of Slavery
Th e Trader, Th e Owner, Th e Slave:
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Black Ivory: Slavery in the British Empire
Questioning Slavery
An African’s Life:
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Making the Black Atlantic: Britain and the African Diaspora
How Sugar Corrupted the World: From Slavery to Obesity
Freedom: Th e Overthrow of the Slave Empires
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A WORLD
TRANSFORMED

SLAVERY IN THE
AMERICAS AND THE
ORIGINS OF
GLOBAL POWER
James Walvin
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First published in Great Britain in 2022 by Robinson
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Contents
Maps x
Introduction xv
Part One: Th e Trade
1 Th e Scattering of People 3
2 Spanish Origins 10
3 Spain and the Other Slavery 20
4 Slavery, Sugar and Power 36
Part Two: People and Cargoes
5 Bound for Africa: Cargoes 59
6 Th e Dead 88
Part Th ree: Internal Trades
7 Upheavals 105
8 Brazil’s Internal Slave Trade 115
9 Th e Domestic US Slave Trade 125
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A WORLD TRANSFORMED
Part Four: Managing Slavery
10 A World of Paper: Accounting for Slavery 143
11 Managing Slavery 175
12 Brute Force 191
13 Working 207
Part Five: Demanding Freedom
14 Finding a Voice 225
15 Demanding Freedom 246
Part Six: A World Transformed
16 Beauty and the Beast 275
17 A World Transformed 315
18 Slavery Matters 331
Acknowledgements 355
Guide to Further Reading 359
Index 367
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