In the shadow of slavery :: Africa's botanical legacy in the Atlantic world /

The transatlantic slave trade forced millions of Africans into bondage. Until the early nineteenth century, African slaves came to the Americas in greater numbers than Europeans. In the Shadow of Slavery provides a startling new assessment of the Atlantic slave trade and upends conventional wisdom b...

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1. Verfasser: Carney, Judith Ann
Weitere Verfasser: Rosomoff, Richard Nicholas, 1956-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley [Calif.] : University of California Press, 2011.
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Zusammenfassung:The transatlantic slave trade forced millions of Africans into bondage. Until the early nineteenth century, African slaves came to the Americas in greater numbers than Europeans. In the Shadow of Slavery provides a startling new assessment of the Atlantic slave trade and upends conventional wisdom by shifting attention from the crops slaves were forced to produce to the foods they planted for their own nourishment. Many familiar foods-millet, sorghum, coffee, okra, watermelon, and the "Asian" long bean, for example-are native to Africa, while commercial products such as Coca Cola, Worcestersh
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiii, 296 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520949539
0520949536
9780520944855
0520944852
128333187X
9781283331876

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