Thornton, John K. (John Kelly) 1949- creator text bibliography enk Cambridge New York Cambridge University Press 1998 2nd edition monographic eng

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xxxvi, 340 pages : maps ; 24 cm. This book explores Africa's involvement in the Atlantic world from the 15th to the 18th century. It focuses especially on the causes and consequences of the slave trade, in Africa, in Europe, and in the New World. Part I. Africans in Africa: 1. The birth of the Atlantic world; 2. The development of commerce between Europeans and Africans; 3. Slavery and African social structure; 4. The process of enslavement and the slave trade; Part II. Africans in the New World: 5. Africans in colonial Atlantic societies; 6. Africans and Afro-Americans in the Atlantic world: life and labour; 7. African cultural groups in the Atlantic world; 8. Transformations of African culture in the Atlantic world; 9. African religions and Christianity in the Atlantic world; 10. Resistance, runaways, and rebels; Part III. Africans in the 18th Century Atlantic World. John Thornton. Includes bibliographical references and index. f------ e------ s------ Slavery Esclavitud Africa Relations Europe Europe Relations Africa Europa Relaciones Africa Africa Relations America Africa Relaciones Europa America Relations Africa Europe History 1492-1648 500 DT 31 T513a 1998 303.48/2604 Thornton, John K. (John Kelly), 1949- 0521627249 (pbk.) 9780521627245 (pbk.) 0521622174 (hb.) 9780521622172 (hb.) 97039728 DLC 970821 20240621152743.0 710503 eng