Transatlantic Slavery: Against Human Dignity (National Museums Liverpool) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0853231982 ISBN 13: 9780853231981

Publisher: Liverpool University Press, 2005

Synopsis

Between 1500 and 1870, millions of Africans were transported across the Atlantic by European traders to work as slaves in the Americas. They were shipped in conditions of great cruelty to lead lives of hard, unremitting labour, subject to degradation and violence. The products of their labour – primarily sugar, coffee and tobacco – were sent back to Europe and the profits derived from slavery helped fuel European economic development in the 18th and 19th centuries. The cost in lives and human suffering was enormous. First published to accompany a permanent gallery in the Merseyside Maritime Museum, this reissue of Transatlantic Slavery with new material documents this era through essays on women in slavery, the impact on West and Central Africa, and the African view of the slave trade. Richly illustrated, it reveals how the slave trade shaped the history of three continents―Africa, the Americas, and Europe―and how all of us continue to live with its consequences.

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About the Author

Anthony Tibbles is Emeritus Keeper of Slavery History, National Museums Liverpool.

Edition details

• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0853231982
• ISBN 13: 9780853231981
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192
• Editor: Tibbles Anthony