Where the Negroes Are Masters : : An African Port in the Era of the Slave Trade / / Randy J. Sparks.
Annamaboe--largest slave trading port on the Gold Coast--was home to wily African merchants whose partnerships with Europeans made the town an integral part of Atlantic webs of exchange. Randy Sparks recreates the outpost's feverish bustle and brutality, tracing the entrepreneurs, black and whi...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2014] ©2014 |
Year of Publication: | 2014 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Annamaboe Joins the Atlantic World -- 2. John Corrantee and Slave- Trade Diplomacy at Annamaboe -- 3. Richard Brew and the World of an African- Atlantic Merchant -- 4. The Process of Enslavement at Annamaboe -- 5. Tracing the Trade: Annamaboe and the Rum Men -- 6. A World in Motion: Annamaboe in the Atlantic Community -- 7. Things Fall Apart: The End of the Eighteenth- Century Atlantic World -- Conclusion -- Important Terms, Names, and Places -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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Summary: | Annamaboe--largest slave trading port on the Gold Coast--was home to wily African merchants whose partnerships with Europeans made the town an integral part of Atlantic webs of exchange. Randy Sparks recreates the outpost's feverish bustle and brutality, tracing the entrepreneurs, black and white, who thrived on a lucrative traffic in human beings. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780674726475 9783110665901 |
DOI: | 10.4159/9780674726475 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Randy J. Sparks. |