1st Edition

From Slavery to Emancipation in the Atlantic World

Edited By Sylvia R. Frey, Betty Wood Copyright 1999
184 Pages
by Routledge

188 Pages
by Routledge

184 Pages
by Routledge

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 between the Americas.... Read more
Journal of African Historical Studies

"excellent contributions to slavery and emancipation studies. They provide new information and suggest new thematic approaches and conceptual perspective.

Biography

SYLVIA R. FREY Tulane University, BETTY WOOD University of Cambridge