The Comparative Histories of Slavery in Brazil, Cuba, and the United States

ISBN-13: 9780521694100 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 342 str.

Laird W. Bergad

Opis

This book is an introductory history of racial slavery in the Americas. Brazil and Cuba were among the first colonial societies to establish slavery in the early sixteenth century. Approximately a century later British colonial Virginia was founded, and slavery became an integral part of local culture and society. In all three nations, slavery spread to nearly every region, and in many areas it was the principal labor system utilized by rural and urban elites. This is the first work that systemically surveys slavery in the three nations from comparative perspectives. Chapters focus on slave narratives, demography, economy, culture, resistance and rebellions, and the causes of abolition.

Recenzje

"For those accustomed to the study of the 'birth of African American culture' solely from the perspective of the Anglo-Dutch Atlantic, this book has much to offer." -Jorge Canizares-Esguerra, Journal of American Ethnic History

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. From colonization to abolition: patterns of historical development in Brazil, Cuba, and the United States; 2. The diversity of slavery in the Americas to 1790; 3. Slaves in their own words; 4. Slave populations; 5. Economic aspects; 6. Making space; 7. Resistance and rebellions; 8. Abolition; Bibliography.