For the best part of three centuries the material well-being of the western world was dependent on slavery. Yet these systems were mainly brought to a very rapid end. This text surveys the key questions of slavery, and traces the arguments which have swirled around its history in recent years. The latest findings on slavery are presented, and a comparative analysis of slavery in the English-speaking Americas is offered.
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Beginning students will gain some general information from the book's well-written essays....
–David Northrup, Boston College
...finely crafted... ...very handy for provocative classroom discussion.
–Journal of American Ethnic History
The author has succeeded admirably, in slightly less than two hundred pages of text, in exploring the origins of slavery, the beginnings of racism, the impact of gender on enslavement, patterns of control and resistance, the emergence of an independent slave culture, and the ultimate victory of antislavery over the Western Hemisphere's planter class. Questioning Slavery demonstrates the critical importance of African slvery, not simply to the United States, but to the entire world....This book is a welcome addition to the field of slavery studies and is an escellent introduction to the field.
–Journal of American History, 6/98
A thoughtful history which makes good use of the abundant new scholarship on the English-speaking settlements of the Americas.
–Book News, Inc., 9/97
Walvin's latest examination of slavery in the English-speaking Americas is especially valuable for scholars interested in the broader context of the institution.... The examination itself is refreshingly jargon-free and will prove accessible and valuable to American Studies departments.
–American Studies International
–David Northrup, Boston College
...finely crafted... ...very handy for provocative classroom discussion.
–Journal of American Ethnic History
The author has succeeded admirably, in slightly less than two hundred pages of text, in exploring the origins of slavery, the beginnings of racism, the impact of gender on enslavement, patterns of control and resistance, the emergence of an independent slave culture, and the ultimate victory of antislavery over the Western Hemisphere's planter class. Questioning Slavery demonstrates the critical importance of African slvery, not simply to the United States, but to the entire world....This book is a welcome addition to the field of slavery studies and is an escellent introduction to the field.
–Journal of American History, 6/98
A thoughtful history which makes good use of the abundant new scholarship on the English-speaking settlements of the Americas.
–Book News, Inc., 9/97
Walvin's latest examination of slavery in the English-speaking Americas is especially valuable for scholars interested in the broader context of the institution.... The examination itself is refreshingly jargon-free and will prove accessible and valuable to American Studies departments.
–American Studies International
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James Walvin is Professor of History at the University of York.
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The European invasion of the Americas, tentative and hesitant initially, had dramatic consequences for three continents: first, and most obvious, for the Americas and its various civilizations and native people; second, for Europe which soon developed a voracious appetite for the land, products and staples of the Americas; and third, for Africa which, in time, came to provide the workforce which broke open key areas of the Americas to profitable cultivation. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
slave lobby, slave independence, local slavery, black humanity, slave settlements, slave regions, unfree labour, female abolitionists, slave resistance, black freedom, skilled slaves Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North America, West Indies, West Indian, South Carolina, New World, West Africa, Royal Navy, British America, Southeast Asia, American Revolution, American South, British Caribbean, Civil War, Edward Long, Frederick Douglass New!
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The European invasion of the Americas, tentative and hesitant initially, had dramatic consequences for three continents: first, and most obvious, for the Americas and its various civilizations and native people; second, for Europe which soon developed a voracious appetite for the land, products and staples of the Americas; and third, for Africa which, in time, came to provide the workforce which broke open key areas of the Americas to profitable cultivation. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
slave lobby, slave independence, local slavery, black humanity, slave settlements, slave regions, unfree labour, female abolitionists, slave resistance, black freedom, skilled slaves Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North America, West Indies, West Indian, South Carolina, New World, West Africa, Royal Navy, British America, Southeast Asia, American Revolution, American South, British Caribbean, Civil War, Edward Long, Frederick Douglass New!
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- American Slavery by Peter Kolchin on 5 pages
- The Slave Trade (Sutton Pocket Histories) by James Walvin in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- White Over Black: American Attitudes Toward the Negro, 1550-1812 (Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American Hist) by Winthrop D. Jordan in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Black Ivory: Slavery in the British Empire by James Walvin in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Stolen Continents Pb by Ronald Wright in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Servitude in Modern Times (Themes in History) by M. L. Bush on 4 pages
- The Politics of Property: Labor, Freedom, and Belonging by Laura Brace on page 183, page 184, and Back Matter
- The Politics of Property: Labor, Freedom, and Belonging by Laura Brace on page 183, page 184, and Back Matter
- Women and Race in Early Modern Texts by Joyce Green MacDonald on page 26, and Back Matter
- Scattered Belongings: Cultural Paradoxes of Race, Nation and Gender by Jayne Ifekwunigwe in Back Matter
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