History: African Slave Trade

Examines the practice of slavery as it existed in early Mediterranean civilizations, during the Middle Ages, in Africa, among Indians in the Americas, and in the United States.

Presents a comprehensive examination of the institution of slavery throughout the world, from ancient Mesopotamia to modern times, and includes illustrations, maps, a timeline, glossary, cross-references, a bibliography, and an index.

Tells the story of the development of slavery from the trans-Atlantic trade that brought 11 million slaves from Africa to the Americas in the course of 300 years. Also includes the abolition movement.

A historical account of the Atlantic slave trade, beginning with the first Portuguese slaving expeditions in the 1400s, and ending in Cuba and Brazil twenty-five years after the American Civil War; discussing the economic impact of the slave trade, and examining the reasons why African kings participated in the enslavement of their people.

Today, people think of sugar as just an additive for drinks or cereal, but it once fueled both the slave trade and the Industrial Revolution.

A collection of narrative paintings, depicting the capture of African men and women and the horrible conditions they endured on their passage across the Atlantic to be sold into slavery. In the introduction Feelings describes his experiences and the process that led to the creation of these paintings.

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Discusses the story of the Hemingses, an American slave family that had blood ties to Thomas Jefferson, who had an intimate relationship with Sally Hemings, his slave, and covers how the family of Elizabeth Hemings and John Wayles came under ownership to Jefferson through his marriage to Martha Wayles.