En 1550 comenzó un espectáculo insólito para el mundo: por primera vez en la historia, un emperador paraliza la expansión de su imperio para suscitar un debate: ¿es conforme a la justicia la civilización y conversión de los indios del Nuevo Mundo?
'A beautiful and important book' The Times On the day that Jacob, an Anglo-Dutch trader, agrees to accept a slave in lieu of payment for a debt from a plantation owner, little Florens's life changes irrevocably.
Winner of the Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Global Cultural Understanding 2019Shortlisted for the Cundill History Prize and the Pius Adesanmi Memorial Award 'Astonishing, staggering' Ben Okri, Daily TelegraphA groundbreaking new history that will transform our view of West AfricaBy the time of the 'Scramble for Africa' in the late nineteenth century, Africa had already been globally connected for many centuries.
Get the lowdown on America's Bloodiest Warthe Civil Warwith this essential guide to 101 interesting and unexpected facts about this defining event in US history.
El asedio a la libertad conjuga novedosos y agudos aportes que contribuyen a examinar y problematizar los procesos de abolición y posabolición de la esclavitud en el Cono Sur durante el siglo XIX, en armonía con la producción internacional sobre la temática.
The acclaimed naval historian sheds significant light on the Royal Navy’s role in fighting the African slave trade through years of bitter battle at sea.
At the centre of this extraordinary historical narrative are two linked themes: the grinding down of the aborigines during the long rivalries of the quest for El Dorado, the mythical kingdom of gold; and, two hundred years later, the man-made horror of the new slave colony.
¿Qué lugar tienen los esclavos de origen africano en la narrativa identitaria argentina, más allá de las pintorescas estampas de la colonia y la independencia, con vendedoras ambulantes y abnegados soldados negros?
Estados Unidos es el país de las máscaras y de la doble personalidad del superhéroe de la cultura popular: la obsesión de la 'unión' enmascara sus profundas divisiones, así como el discurso sobre la expansión de la 'libertad' acompañó la permanente expansión del sistema esclavista en cada una de sus conquistas territoriales.
Estados Unidos es el país de las máscaras y de la doble personalidad del superhéroe de la cultura popular: la obsesión de la 'unión' enmascara sus profundas divisiones, así como el discurso sobre la expansión de la 'libertad' acompañó la permanente expansión del sistema esclavista en cada una de sus conquistas territoriales.
Americans often assume that slave societies had little use for prisons and police because slaveholders only ever inflicted violence directly or through overseers.
Americans often assume that slave societies had little use for prisons and police because slaveholders only ever inflicted violence directly or through overseers.
Book Band: Dark Red (ideal for ages 10+)A riveting pirate tale set in the eighteenth century during the golden age of piracy in the Caribbean, perfect for fans of Emma Carroll and Jacqueline Wilson.
'I cannot help but see the bodies of my near ancestors in the current caravans of desperate souls fleeing from place to place, chased by famine, war and toxins.
Book Band: Dark Red (ideal for ages 10+)A riveting pirate tale set in the eighteenth century during the golden age of piracy in the Caribbean, perfect for fans of Emma Carroll and Jacqueline Wilson.
El prestigioso historiador Marcus Rediker arroja luz sobre los rincones más oscuros de los barcos esclavistas británicos y estadounidenses del siglo XVIII, instrumento imprescindible de la mayor migración forzada de la historia y una de las claves de los orígenes y el crecimiento del capitalismo global.
Written by the world's leading experts and campaigners, Modern Slavery: A Beginner's Guide blends original research with shocking first-hand accounts from slaves themselves around the world to reveal the truth behind one of the worst humanitarian crises facing us today.
Refreshing and educational narrative historyAfter a life-changing diagnosis, Dutch entrepreneur Jacob Gelt Dekker decides to take a step into the unknown.
2013 Information Book Awards - Long-listedHarriet Tubman encouraged enslaved Africans to make the break for freedom and reinforced the potential of black freedom and independence.
From the Author of WOMEN, RACE AND CLASS, this is a timely provocation that examines the concept of attaining freedom in light of our current world conflictsIn these newly collected essays, interviews and speeches, world-renowned activist and scholar Angela Y.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A dramatic expansion of a groundbreaking work of journalism, The 1619 Project: A New American Origin Story offers a profoundly revealing vision of the American past and present.
The definitive modern biography of the great slave leader, military genius and revolutionary hero Toussaint LouvertureThe Haitian Revolution began in the French Caribbean colony of Saint-Domingue with a slave revolt in August 1791, and culminated a dozen years later in the proclamation of the world's first independent black state.
As we approach the bicentenary of the abolition of the Atlantic trade, Walvin has selected the historical texts that recreate the mindset that made such a savage institution possible - morally acceptable even.
El propósito de esta obra es dar a conocer a un público amplio uno de los fenómenos de mayor trascendencia y vergüenza para la humanidad como fue la esclavización de más de doce millones y medio de africanos que fueron trasladados a América, obligados a trabajar y vivir como esclavos.
A novel set in Civil War-era Louisiana, as the South transforms and a brilliant cast of characters-enslaved and free women, plantation gentry, and battle-weary Confederate and Union soldiers-are caught in the maelstrom.
In 1812, Francisco Manoel da Silva, escaping a life of poverty in Brazil, sailed to the African kingdom of Dahomey, determined to make his fortune in the slave trade.
Los antecedentes: el contexto socio-economico del esclavo en la independencia, la participacion de los esclavos en las guerras de independencia, el esclavo como soldado, esclavos sacrificados, otros aportes en medio de la guerra, los esclavos como donativos o contribuciones forzosas, las mujeres esclavas en tiempos de guerra, la recluta masiva de esclavos, 5.
