The African Slave Trade

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1961
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Basil Davidson states that by examining three important areas of Africa in the history of slavery 'against a general background of their time and circumstance' he was taking 'a fresh look at the oversea slave trade, the steady year-by-year export of African labour to the West Indies and the Americas that marked the greatest and most fateful migration - forced migration - in the history of man.' North America: Times/Random House

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Basil Davidson states that by examining three important areas of Africa in the history of slavery 'against a general background of their time and circumstance' he was taking 'a fresh look at the oversea slave trade, the steady year-by-year export of African labour to the West Indies and the Americas that marked the greatest and most fateful migration - forced migration - in the history of man.' North America: Times/Random House

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: New edition
Publisher: James Currey
Published: 01 Jan 1961
ISBN 10: 0852557981
ISBN 13: 9780852557983

Media Reviews

The best general acount of the Atlantic slave trade. - Christopher Fyfe Read this book, then read it again. [Davidson's] is the story of one of the most enormous crimes in all human history. THE NEW YORK TIMES ...the most effective popularizer of African history and archaeology outside Africa. - Roland Oliver in THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS