The Comparative Histories of Slavery in Brazil, Cuba, and the United States [Paperback]

This 2007 book is an introductory history of racial slavery in the Americas.This book is an introductory history of racial slavery in the Americas. It is the first work that systemically surveys slavery in Brazil, Cuba, and the United States from comparative perspectives. Chapters focus on slave narratives, demography, economy, culture, resistance and rebellion, and the causes of abolition.This book is an introductory history of racial slavery in the Americas. It is the first work that systemically surveys slavery in Brazil, Cuba, and the United States from comparative perspectives. Chapters focus on slave narratives, demography, economy, culture, resistance and rebellion, and the causes of abolition.This book is an introductory history of racial slavery in the Americas. Brazil and Cuba were among the first colonial societies to establish slavery in the early sixteenth century. Approximately a century later British colonial Virginia was founded, and slavery became an integral part of local culture and society. In all three nations, slavery spread to nearly every region, and in many areas it was the principal labor system utilized by rural and urban elites. This is the first work that systemically surveys slavery in the three nations from comparative perspectives. Chapters focus on slave narratives, demography, economy, culture, resistance and rebellions, and the causes of abolition.Introduction; 1. From colonization to abolition: patterns of historical development in Brazil, Cuba, and the United States; 2. The diversity of slavery in the Americas to 1790; 3. Slaves in their own words; 4. Slave populations; 5. Economic aspects; 6. Making space; 7. Resistance and rebellions; 8. Abolition; Bibliography. ...Bergad's stated purpose is to integrate new interdisciplinary knowledge about three major slave societies-Cuba, Brazil, and the United States (why not Puerto Rico?)-in a digestible form for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and the general public....providelã7