Transatlantic slavery
Subtitle: an introduction
By: [text by Richard Benjamin ... and David Fleming]
Contributors: Fleming, David; International Slavery Museum
Publisher: Liverpool University Press; National Museums Liverpool
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Liverpool
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9781846316395
Subjects: Slave trade
Description: Over the four hundred years of transatlantic slavery, at least twelve million Africans were enslaved, in the largest forced migration in human history. Drawing on a wealth of material held by the International Slavery Museum, this introductory book tells their many stories -- from the early days of colonialism to frequent slave uprisings and the various efforts to suppress the slave trade in the Britain, the United States, and beyond. The legacy of slavery is also examined in this book, including enduring contemporary manifestations of this bloody trade. Despite considerable scholarship on the topic, many people remain largely uninformed about the history of the slave trade. Richly illustrated, straightforward, and with a perceptive foreword by Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, this is the perfect book to introduce readers to the subject of transatlantic slavery and will be required reading for all those approaching the subject for the first time.
Notes: "International Slavery Museum, National Museums Liverpool."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 92).