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Fyfe: Narrative of 2 Voyages To the River Sierra Leone; with: Account of the Slave Trade on the Coast of Africa. Paperback 
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  • Narrative of 2 Voyages To the River Sierra Leone; with: Account of the Slave Trade on the Coast of Africa. Two books in one volume. Paperback
  • Christopher Fyfe, editor. Newly edited and annotated
  • viii, 222 pages, with 10 illustrations. First ca. 1788, reprint 2000
  • Anna Maria Falconbridge’s Narrative of Two Voyages, consisting of fourteen letters to a friend about her experiences, is the first published Englishwoman’s narrative of a visit to West Africa. Alexander Falconbridge’s Account of the Slave Trade describes the horrific conditions he had witnessed in West Africa. Published in 1788 by the London Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, it was the first piece of published abolitionist propaganda.


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John: The Plantation Slaves of Trinidad, 1783-1816. A Mathematical and Demographic Enquiry. New edition. Paperback 
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  • Plantation Slaves of Trinidad, 1783-1816. A Mathematical and Demographic Enquiry. New edition. Paperback
  • by A. Meredith John. 275 pages. 2004. This book aims to estimate the levels of plantation slave mortality and fertility in Trinidad


9780521526999 052152699x

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Kiple: The Caribbean Slave. A Biological History. Paperback 
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  • Caribbean Slave. A Biological History. Paperback
  • Kenneth F. Kiple
  • 288 pages. 2002. This study focuses on the black biological experience in slavery, in the Caribbean. ....


97805215247042543

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Lal: Muslim Slave System in Medieval India. Cloth 
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  • Muslim Slave System in Medieval India. Cloth
  • K.S. Lal
  • 196 pages, with bibliography, index, 1 illustration
  • 14,8x22,2cm.


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Law: From Slave Trade to 'Legitimate' Commerce. The Commercial Transition in Nineteenth-Century West Africa. Paperback 
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  • From Slave Trade to 'Legitimate' Commerce. The Commercial Transition in Nineteenth-Century West Africa. Paperback
  • Edited by Robin Law
  • 291 pages. 2002. This edited collection examines the nineteenth-century commercial transition in West Africa: the ending of the Atlantic slave trade and the development of alternative forms of ‘legitimate’ trade, mainly in vegetable products. ....


9780521523066, 0521523060 22se37

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Morgan: Slavery, Atlantic Trade and the British Economy 1660-1800. Hardbound 
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  • Slavery, Atlantic Trade and the British Economy 1660-1800. Hardbound
  • by Kenneth Morgan
  • 129 pages, with 3 tables, 3 maps, bibliography, index. 2001


9780521582131, 052158213x 30se55

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Morley: Ancient History: Key Themes and Approaches 
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  • Ancient History: Key Themes and Approaches. Paperback
  • Neville Morley
  • 256 pages. 1999. This work provides a sourcebook of writings on ancient history. It presents over 500 of the most important stimulating and provocative arguments by modern writers on the subject. Topics include democracy, imperialism, slavery and sexuality


9780415165099
Paris: Long Shadows - Truth, Lies and History. Hardback 
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  • Long Shadows - Truth, Lies and History. Hardback
  • Erna Paris
  • 495 pages. 2001. Building on conversations with people who have lived that history or who are living with its consequences, this book analyzes examples, from the legacy of American slavery to the "disappeared" in Argentina and Chile, to investigate the myths nations invent to get past the bad times in history.


0747553998
Redford: From Slave to Pharaoh: The Black Experience of Ancient Egypt. Paperback 
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  • From Slave to Pharaoh: The Black Experience of Ancient Egypt. Paperback.
  • by Donald B. Redford
  • x, 218 pages, 4 maps, 15 figures. 2004


9780801885440
Searing: West African Slavery and Atlantic Commerce. The Senegal River Valley, 1700 - 1860. Paperback 
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  • West African Slavery and Atlantic Commerce. The Senegal River Valley, 1700 - 1860. Paperback
  • by James F. Searing
  • 266 pages. 2003. West African societies were transformed by the slave trade, even in regions where few slaves were exported. ....


0521534526-2338

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Walvin, James: Britain's Slave Empire. Cloth 
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  • Britain's Slave Empire. Cloth
  • James Walvin
  • 157 pages, with notes and index. 2000


0752417797
Yoshiaki: Comfort Women: Sexual Slavery in the Japanese Military During World War II. Paperback 
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  • Comfort Women: Sexual Slavery in the Japanese Military During World War II. Paperback
  • Yoshimi Yoshiaki and Suzanne O'Brien (translation)
  • 253 pages. 2002


9780231120333, 0231120338-28