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Black ivory : a history of British slavery

Author: James Walvin
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Howard University Press, 1994.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Walvin, James.
Black ivory.
Washington, D.C. : Howard University Press, 1994
(OCoLC)606938429
Online version:
Walvin, James.
Black ivory.
Washington, D.C. : Howard University Press, 1994
(OCoLC)624426034
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: James Walvin
ISBN: 0882581821 : 9780882581828
OCLC Number: 29913793
Notes: Originally published: London : HarperCollins, 1992.
Description: xii, 365 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Contents: Consuming passions --
Murdering men --
Slaves, traders and Africa --
Crossing the Atlantic --
Landfall --
Plantations, slaves and planters --
In the fields --
Skills --
Women --
Disease and death --
Slaves at ease --
Religion --
Families and communities --
Sex in the slave quarters --
Violence --
Rebellions --
A leap in the dark: runaways --
Ending it all: the crusade against slavery --
The plight of Africa --
The problems of freedom.
Responsibility: James Walvin.

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