{"product_id":"the-african-slave-trade-9780852557983","title":"The African Slave Trade","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eExamines the slave trade in three areas of Africa: the old Congo kingdoms, the city states of the East Coast, and parts of the Guinea coast.\u003c\/b\u003eBasil Davidson states that by examining three important areas of Africa in the history of slavery 'against a general background of their time and circumstance' he was taking 'a fresh look at the oversea slave trade, the steady year-by-year export of African labour to the West Indies and the Americas that marked the greatest and most fateful migration - forced migration - in the history of man.'   North America: Times\/Random House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe best general acount of the Atlantic slave trade. - -- Christopher Fyfe\u003cbr\u003eRead this book, then read it again. [Davidson's] is the story of one of the most enormous crimes in all human history. * THE NEW YORK TIMES *\u003cbr\u003e...the most effective popularizer of African history and archaeology outside Africa. -- Roland Oliver * THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction - I Fact \u0026amp; Fable - II The Years Of Trial - III Manner Of The Trade - IV Mani-Congo - V East Coast Fortunes - VI Frontier Of Opportunity - VII Four Centuries: A Summing Up","brand":"James Currey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018487497047,"sku":"9780852557983","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780852557983.jpg?v=1750777079","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-african-slave-trade-9780852557983","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}