Commercial Agriculture, the Slave Trade and Slavery in Atlantic Africa (Paperback)

Re-envisages what we know about African political economies through its examination of one of the key questions in colonial and African history, that of commercial agriculture and its relationship to slavery. This book considers commercial agriculture in Africa in relation to the trans-Atlantic slave trade and the institution of slavery within Africa itself, from the beginnings of Afro-European maritime trade in the fifteenth century to the early stages of colonial rule in the twentieth century. For Europeans, the export of agricultural produce represented a potential alternative to the slave trade from the outset and there was recurrent interest in establishing plantations in Africa or in purchasing crops from African producers. This idea gained greater currency in the context of the movement for the abolition of the slave trade from the late eighteenth century onwards, when the promotion of commercial agriculture in Africa was seen as a means of suppressing the slave trade. Robin Law is Emeritus Professor of African History, University of Stirling; Suzanne Schwarz is Professor of History, University ofWorcester; Silke Strickrodt is a Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of African Studies and Anthropology at the University of Birmingham.

General

Imprint:	James Currey
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Western Africa Series
Release date:	March 2016
First published:	2013
Editors:	Robin Law • Suzanne Schwarz • Silke Strickrodt
Contributors:	Bronwen Everill (Customer) • Christopher Brown (Contributor) • Colleen E. Kriger (Author) • David Eltis (Contributor) • Gareth Austin • Gerhard Seibert • Kehinde Olabimtan
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-1-84701-136-7
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Imperialism Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Slavery & emancipation Books > History > African history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	1-84701-136-5
Barcode:	9781847011367

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