From Slavery to Emancipation in the Atlantic World (Studies in Slave and Post-Slave Societies and Cultures)

"This collection examines the effects of slavery and emancipation on race, class and gender in societies of the American South, the Caribbean, Latin America and West Africa. The contributors discuss what slavery has to teach us about patterns of adjustment and change, black identity, and the extent to which enslaved peoples succeeded in creating a dynamic world of interaction within the Americas. They examine how emancipation was defined, how it affected attitudes towards slavery, patterns of labour usage and relationships between workers as well as between workers and their former owners."--Jacket.

First sentence: In recent years a number of studies have created a surge of new interest in the Atlantic dimensions of Western history: in migration and settlement patterns, family organization and social structures, demography and politics, agriculture and religion, econ

Year

1999

Language

English

Publisher

Routledge

Editions

2

Pages

184

ISBN

9780714649641

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