The Atlantic Slave Trade

by Don Nardo

Book Overview

As part of the triangular trade of global capital, slaves were shipped from Africa to the Americas from the late 1400s to the mid-1800s. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, an estimated ten to twelve million Africans were forcibly relocated during this period. This volume takes readers beyond the statistics to the real human cost of the slave trade. Chapters cover the destruction of the rich, diverse cultures in West Africa, the active role...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1420500074
• ISBN13: 9781420500073
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Lucent Press
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.3" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 12 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 10