African slavery in Latin America and the Caribbean
By: by Herbert S. Klein & Ben Vinson III.
Contributors: Vinson, Ben, III.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780195189414; 9780195189421
Subjects: Slavery -- Latin America -- History; Slavery -- Caribbean Area -- History; Slave-trade -- Latin America -- History; Slave-trade -- Caribbean Area -- History; Plantation life -- Latin America -- History; Plantation life -- Caribbean Area -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Origins of the American slave system; title: The establishment of African slavery in Latin America in the 16th century; title: Sugar and slavery in the Caribbean in the 17th and 18th centuries; title: Slavery in Portuguese and Spanish America in the 18th century; title: Slavery and the plantation economy in the Caribbean in the 19th century; title: Slavery and the plantation economy in Brazil and the Guyanas in the 19th century; title: Life, death, and the family in Afro-American slave societies; title: Creation of a slave community and Afro-American culture; title: Slave resistance and rebellion; title: Freedmen in a slave society; title: Transition from slavery to freedom.