| Description |
1 online resource (xlii, 359 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"A Manly, Inc. Book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Abolitionists -- African cultures -- American Revolution -- Christianity -- Complicity -- Economic impact -- Emancipation -- English colonies -- Free society -- Health -- House servants -- Legal definition -- Maroon communities -- Master-slave relations -- Means of resistance -- Middle Passage -- New culture -- New World vision -- Outcome of rebellions -- Peculiar institution -- Profits -- Racism -- Religion of liberation -- Reparations -- Rhythm of work -- Saint Domingue -- Sexual exploitation -- Sisterhood -- Slave rebellion -- Slaveholders -- Slavery -- Social development -- Stable marriages -- Transatlantic slave trade -- U.S. Civil War. |
| Summary |
Addresses heavily debated questions by offering different critical perspectives on major historical events, drawn from all time periods and from all parts of the globe. This volume covers slavery in the Western Hemisphere, 1500-1888. Provides students with an enhanced understanding of events only summarized in history texts, helps stimulate critical thinking and provides ideas for papers and assignments. |
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Slavery -- History.
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Slave-trade -- History.
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Antislavery movements -- History.
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History, Modern -- 16th century.
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History, Modern -- 17th century.
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History, Modern -- 18th century.
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History, Modern -- 19th century.
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World history.
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| Added Author |
Malvasi, Mark G., 1957- editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: History in dispute, Vol. 13. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2003 9781558624719 |
| ISBN |
9781558627178 (electronic book) |
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1558627170 (electronic book) |
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9781558624719 |
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1558624716 |
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