This book seeks to explore, in a single, short convenient text, the
complex relationship between Africa and the Americas from the early
sixteenth century through the end of the twentieth century.
Beginning with a preview of the relations between Africa and Europe
prior to 1500, the work covers chronologically the transatlantic
slave trade, domestic slave trading, slave systems, the abolition
movements, and the aftermath of emancipation throughout the
Americas. Several chapters provide sweeping surveys of broad
regions such as British North America, the Caribbean, Mesoamerica,
the Andean countries and Latin America. Others deal with specific
territories such as the United States, Venezuela, Cuba or Brazil.
The book begins with a chapter on African antiquity and early
contacts with Europe. It continues with a comparative history of
the slave trade and emancipation. Other topics include the role of
free blacks throughout the Americas, women and gender relations,
and African-American relations with Europeans and Native American
populations. Finally, the book concludes with chapters on modern
race and economic relations in the Americas and a chapter on the
continuing ties between African Americans and Africa. "On the whole
Africans in the Americas accomplishes its purpose well, there is a
great deal of fascinating information here. A very useful text."
The International Journal of African Historical Studies 28, 633-65
(1995) Michael L. Conniff earned degrees at UC-Berkeley and
Stanford (Ph.D. 1976) and has published a number of books on modern
Latin American history, most recently A History of Modern Latin
America (with Lawrence Clayton) and Populism in Latin America.
Thomas J. Davis, Ph.D., J.D., teaches history and law at Arizona
State University in Tempe, focusing on race and the law, civil
rights, and U.S. constitutional and legal history. His most recent
publications include "Race, Identity, and the Law: Underlying
Questions in Plessy v. Ferguson," in Race on Trial: Law and Justice
in American History (2002); "The Community of Africans in the
Americas: Colonialism to CARICOM and TransAfrica" Research and
Diversity Journal (2002) and "Conspiracy and Credibility," William
and Mary Quarterly (2002). CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS Patrick Carroll ▪
David Eltis ▪ Patience Essah ▪ Alfred Frederick ▪ Dale Graden ▪
Linda Heywood ▪ Richard Lobban ▪ Colin Palmer ▪ Joseph Reidy ▪ John
Thornton ▪ Ronald Walters ▪ Ashton Welch ▪ Winthrop Wright TABLE OF
CONTENTS Preface PART I - Africa, Europe, and the Americas 1.
Africa to 1500 2. Africa and Europe before 1700 3. Early African
Experiences in the Americas PART II - The Slave Trade and Slavery
in the Americas 4. Africans in the Caribbean 5. Africans in Brazil
6. Africans in Mainland Spanish America 7. Africans in the Thirteen
British Colonies PART III - Ending the Slave Trade and Slavery 8.
Abolition of the Atlantic Slave Trade 9. Emancipation in the
Caribbean and Spanish America 10. Emancipation in the United States
11. Emancipation in Brazil PART IV - Africans in the Americas since
Abolition 12. African Americans in Postemancipation Economies 13.
Race and Politics in the United States 14. Race and Politics in
Latin America 15. The Americas' Continuing Ties with Africa
AFTERWORD GLOSSARY BIBLIOGRAPHIC ESSAY INDEX ABOUT THE AUTHORS
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