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At the time when European powers colonized the Americas, the institution of slavery had almost disappeared from Europe itself. Having overcome an institution wi

'Blackburn's book has finally drawn the veil which concealed or made mysterious the history and development of modem society.' Darcus Howe, Guardian.

When black women were brought from Africa to the New World as slave laborers, their value was determined by their ability to work as well as their potential to

This book explores Africa's involvement in the Atlantic world from the fifteenth century to the eighteenth century. It focuses especially on the causes and cons

"One of the finest studies of slavery and abolition."âe"Eric Foner