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The comparative histories of slavery in Brazil, Cuba, and the United States

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  • Author: Bergad, Laird W.
    Date:
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    2007
    Summary:

    Laird Bergad presents a comparative history of slavery in Brazil, Cuba and the United States, countries in which the institutions of slavery survived long into the 19th century ; in Brazil as late as 1888. He assesses the various factors that led to these states being left behind by their more progressive neighbours.

    Contents:
    • Introduction
    • From colonization to abolition : patterns of historical development in Brazil, Cuba, and the United States
    • The diversity of slavery in the Americas to 1790
    • Slaves in their own words
    • Slave populations
    • Economic aspects
    • Making space
    • Resistance and rebellions
    • Abolition.
    Genre:
    History and geography
    Sujets: Brazil | Cuba | History | Slavery | United States
    Original Publisher: Cambridge, New York, Cambridge University Press
    Language(s): English