African Slavery in Latin America and the Caribbean Book

Preface to the Second Edition

Preface to the First Edition

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1 Origins of the American Slave System 3

2 The Establishment of African Slavery in Latin America in the 16th Century 17

3 Sugar and Slavery in the Caribbean in the 17th and 18th Centuries 49

4 Slavery in Portuguese and Spanish America in the 18th Century 65

5 Slavery and the Plantation Economy in the Caribbean in the 19th Century 85

6 Slavery and the Plantation Economy in Brazil and the Guyanas in the 19th Century 101

7 Life, Death, and the Family in Afro-American Slave Societies 119

8 Creation of a Slave Community and Afro-American Culture 135

9 Slave Resistance and Rebellion 165

10 Freedmen in a Slave Society 193

11 Transition from Slavery to Freedom 227

Bibliographical Notes 247

Tables 273

Index 275