The author shows how the societies of West Africa were transformed by the slave trade. The growth of the Atlantic trade stimulated the development of slavery within the region, with slaves working in the river and coasting trades or producing surplus grain to feed slaves in transit. A few held pivotal positions in the political structure of the coastal kingdoms of Senegambia. This local slave system had far-reaching consequences, leading to religious protest and slave rebellions. The changes in agricultural production fostered an ecological crisis.
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"This is a very important book. It integrates the history of slavery into the wider history of the region. It is well documented and skillfully argued. Perhaps most important, Searing has helped to shift our attention from raw numbers exported to the ways in which the slave trade shaped African life. He has contributed to our understanding of not only slavery, but also of Sénégalese history." African Studies Review
"...the book occupies a major niche in African and Atlantic history, as well as the more specialized field of Senegambian history, and will have a long scholarly life." David Eltis, The Northern Mariner
"...the book occupies a major niche in African and Atlantic history, as well as the more specialized field of Senegambian history, and will have a long scholarly life." David Eltis, The Northern Mariner
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The period from 1700 to 1860 brought dramatic changes to the societies of the Lower Senegal. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
jaam sayoor, millet imports, millet trade, gum exports, gum cycle, warrior predation, royal matrilineage, gum trade, gum boom, gum extraction, desert merchants, riverine states, slave exports, habitant merchants, peanut trade, peanut exports, dynastic traditions, gum markets, lower river valley, upriver trade, peanut cultivation, mainland kingdoms, royal slaves, slave mortality, slave warriors Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Saint Louis, Fuuta Tooro, Cap Vert, West Africa, Amari Ngoone, Njaajaan Njaay, War of the Marabouts, Compagnie des Indes, New World, Yoro Jaw, Latsukaabe Faal, Seven Years War, Dammel of Kajoor, Idaw al Hajj, Makodu Kumba Jaring, French Company, Kocc Barma, Trarza Moors, Mayssa Tend, Philip Curtin, West Indies, Brakna Moors, Charles Scipio, Samba Agui, Company of Guyana New!
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The period from 1700 to 1860 brought dramatic changes to the societies of the Lower Senegal. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
jaam sayoor, millet imports, millet trade, gum exports, gum cycle, warrior predation, royal matrilineage, gum trade, gum boom, gum extraction, desert merchants, riverine states, slave exports, habitant merchants, peanut trade, peanut exports, dynastic traditions, gum markets, lower river valley, upriver trade, peanut cultivation, mainland kingdoms, royal slaves, slave mortality, slave warriors Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Saint Louis, Fuuta Tooro, Cap Vert, West Africa, Amari Ngoone, Njaajaan Njaay, War of the Marabouts, Compagnie des Indes, New World, Yoro Jaw, Latsukaabe Faal, Seven Years War, Dammel of Kajoor, Idaw al Hajj, Makodu Kumba Jaring, French Company, Kocc Barma, Trarza Moors, Mayssa Tend, Philip Curtin, West Indies, Brakna Moors, Charles Scipio, Samba Agui, Company of Guyana New!
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- African History: From Earliest Times to Independence by Philip Curtin on 7 pages
- The Atlantic Slave Trade (New Approaches to the Americas) by Herbert S. Klein on 4 pages
- The French Slave Trade in the Eighteenth Century: An Old Regime Business by Robert Louis Stein in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Abolition of the Atlantic Slave Trade: Origins and Effects in Europe, Africa, and the Americas by Eltis in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Transformations in Slavery: A History of Slavery in Africa (African Studies) by Paul E. Lovejoy on page 34, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- From Slave Trade to 'Legitimate' Commerce: The Commercial Transition in Nineteenth-Century West Africa (African Studies) by Robin Law on page 55, page 237, and Back Matter
- Islamic Society and State Power in Senegal: Disciples and Citizens in Fatick (African Studies) by Leonardo A. Villalón in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Rise of African Slavery in the Americas by David Eltis on page 147, and Back Matter
- Ethnic Pride and Racial Prejudice in Victorian Cape Town (African Studies) by Vivian Bickford-Smith in Back Matter
- Africans: The History of a Continent (African Studies) by John Iliffe in Back Matter
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