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Autore |
Klein Herbert S. |
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Titolo |
The Middle Passage : Comparative Studies in the Atlantic Slave Trade / / Herbert S. Klein |
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Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [1978] |
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©1978 |
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ISBN |
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0-691-65497-2 |
0-691-62830-0 |
1-4008-4439-8 |
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Edizione |
[Princeton Legacy Library edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxiii, 282 p. ) |
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Collana |
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Princeton Legacy Library ; ; 4 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Bibliography: p. 257-273. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables and Graphs -- Introduction -- Abbreviations -- Chapter One. The American Demand for Slaves and the Afro-American Patterns of Settlement -- Chapter Two. The Portuguese Slave Trade from Angola in the 18th Century -- Chapter Three. The Trade in African Slaves to Rio de Janeiro, 1795-1811 -- Chapter Four. Shipping Patterns and Mortality in the African Slave Trade to Rio de Janeiro, 1825-1830 -- Chapter Five. The Internal Slave Trade in 19th-century Brazil -- Chapter Six. Slaves and Shipping in 18th-Century Virginia -- Chapter Seven. The English Slave Trade to Jamaica, 1782-1808 -- Chapter Eight. The French Slave Trade in the 18th Century -- Chapter Nine. The Cuban Slave Trade in a Period of Transition, 1790-1843 -- Chapter Ten. Conclusion -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Herbert Klein's book makes several distinctive contributions to our understanding of the slave trade. It offers us the first systematic comparative study of major European slave traders based exclusively on archival sources. The author's minimization of the effect of overcrowded slave ships contributes to a longstanding debate regarding the mortality rate of the slaves. His emphasis of the African influences on the character of the slave trade offsets the more frequent |
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