The Slave Trade

by James Walvin

Book Overview

The sixteenth-century Spanish and Portuguese explorers who went to Africa in search of gold discovered an even more lucrative cargo: slaves. A hugely profitable transatlantic trade in human lives soon developed, linking the continents of Europe, Africa, and the Americas, and great fortunes were built. Africans and their descendants cultivated sugar throughout the Caribbean and Brazil, and tobacco, cotton, and rice in the American South. A fervent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500289174
• ISBN13: 9780500289174
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 8.3"