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Bezig met laden... The Rise of African Slavery in the Americasdoor David Eltis
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Eltis's work focuses primarily on the social and, secondarily, the economic reasons that the slave trade developed in the New World. He focuses on the English, and to a lesser extent the Dutch, because of this paradox: why is it that the two states with the most respect for the individual and with the most political freedoms, England and the Netherlands, are complicit in the rise of African slavery? Eltis makes an attempt through economic and statistics, noting that social reasons kept Europeans from enslaving their peers, and showing that African states had some power and agency in determining who was enslaved and sold to the Europeans. He does a fine job. The footnotes are excellent, the tables annoying, and the maps useless. Recommended. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Why were the countries with the most developed institutions of individual freedom also the leaders in establishing the most exploitative system of slavery that the world has ever seen? In seeking to provide new answers to this question, The Rise of African Slavery in the Americas examines the development of the English Atlantic slave system between 1650 and 1800. The book outlines a major African role in the evolution of the Atlantic societies before the nineteenth century and argues that the transatlantic slave trade was a result of African strength rather than African weakness. It also addresses changing patterns of group identity to account for the racial basis of slavery in the early modern Atlantic World. Exploring the paradox of the concurrent development of slavery and freedom in the European domains, David Eltis provides a fresh interpretation of this difficult historical problem. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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