2nd Edition

The Atlantic Slave Trade in World History

By Jeremy Black Copyright 2024
218 Pages
by Routledge

218 Pages
by Routledge

218 Pages
by Routledge

Now in its second edition, The Atlantic Slave Trade in World History has been updated to include recent scholarship, and an analysis of how debates have changed in light of recent key events such as the Black Lives Matter movement. Primarily focused on the Atlantic Slave Trade, this study places slavery within a broader world context and includes significant detailed coverage of Africa. With a... Read more

1. Introduction

2. The Beginnings of the Atlantic Slave Trade

3. The Slave Trade Expands Greatly

4. The Slave Trade at its Height

5. Abolitionism

6. After Slavery?

7. Conclusions

Biography

Jeremy Black is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Exeter. He is the author of over 170 books, including War in the Modern World, 1990–2014 and Introduction to Global Military History.