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Coast of Slaves

By Thorkild Hansen

Coast of Slaves Social Sciences

Coast of Slaves

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This is the third volume in Hansen's classic slave trade trilogy. When America was discovered and plantations established, slave labour became the principal export commodity from the Gold Coast. This book is about the history of Danish/Norwegian participation in the trans- Atlantic slave trade. It describes the organisation of the trade, the participants, the challenge, and the link with the West Indies to where the slaves were transported for work on the sugar plantations. It describes Danish purchase of islands in the West Indies, and traces how the decline in Dutch and British trade, and the abilities of the Danish administration led to a golden age in the Danish slave trade in the 1770s and 1780s. In that period, the Danish share in the total slave trade exceeded ten percent; and the decline in the trade with the growth of a new European consciousness, heralded abolition. Coast of Slaves, the first volume of the trilogy, was originally published in Danish in 1967. This English translation is edited to provide explantions about inaccessible references as well as established factual misrepresentations.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
304
Release Date:
2002-12-30
Publication Date:
2002-12-29
Publisher:
Sub-Saharan Publishers
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
9988550316
ISBN13:
9789988550318
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
496 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
19 cm
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