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Rawley, James A.

The transatlantic slave trade : a history / James A. Rawley. - 1st ed. - New York : Norton, 1981. - xiv, 452 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The early years of the slave trade -- The Portuguese pioneers -- Spain and the slave trade -- The Dutch and the Danes -- France: the early years -- France in the eighteenth century -- England gains ascendancy -- Bristol -- Liverpool -- London and the eighteenth-century slave trade -- The economics of the slave trade -- The middle passage -- Americans enter the slave trade -- The American dimensions and the Massachusetts contribution -- Rhode Island -- The American slave market.

A study of slave trade between the 15th to 19th centuries covering the economics, demography, epidemiology, and politics of the trade.

ISBN: 0393014711 9780393014716

Standard No.: x280023234

LCCN: 81002863

Nat. Bib. No.: GB8441638 bnb

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
Geschichte 1434-1870.
Geschichte 1434-1870

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Slave trade--History.
Slave trade.
Sklavenhandel
Geschichte
Slavenhandel.
Slave trade--History.

Subjects--Index Terms: Africa Slave trade with America, to ca 1850 America Slave trade with Africa, to ca 1850

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.

LC Class. No.: HT985 / .R38 1981

Dewey Class. No.: 382/.44/09

Universal Decimal Class. No.: 326.1