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The African Slave Trade--Precolonial History 1450-1850
The African Slave TradePrecolonial History 14501850 Author:Basil Davidson Between the fifteenth and the nineteenth centuries, the African continent earned the name "Black Mother" because of the seemingly inexhaustible supplyof humanity exported to work the mines and plantations of the western hemisphere. Basil Davidson has re-created the story of the slave trade, highlighted by excerpts of the documents of historians... more », explorers, and other annalists of the period. This rich and thorough account, by the author of the prizewinning LOST CITIES OF AFRICA, was originally published in 1961 under the title of BLACK MOTHER.« less