From the Galleons to the Highlands : Slave Trade Routes in the Spanish Americas [Hardcover]

Students and scholars will find the comprehensive study and analysis inFrom the Galleons to the Highlandsinvaluable in examining the study of the slave trade to colonial Spanish America.Alex Boruckiis an associate professor of history at the University of California Irvine and the author ofFrom Shipmates to Soldiers: Emerging Black Identities in the Río de la Plata(UNM Press).

David Eltisis the Robert W. Woodruff Emeritus Professor of History at Emory University and the author ofThe Rise of African Slavery in the Americas.

David Wheatis an associate professor of history at Michigan State University and the author ofAtlantic Africa and the Spanish Caribbean, 1570-1640.This volume will be a reference for scholars interested in empirical reassessments of slave trading and routes of passage to Spanish America. Many of these chapters will fit easily into a standard college curriculum.--Norah L. A. Gharala,Bulletin for Spanish and Portuguese Historical StudiesAs the text more than adequately proves, much can be gained by including the experiences of colonial Spain within the larger transnational histories of the Atlantic slave trade. . . . This is an important book that will be of value to a variety of scholars and their students. Highly recommended.--J. Rankin,ChoiceAs the text more than adequately proves, much can be gained by including the experiences of colonial Spain within the larger transnational histories of the Atlantic slave trade. . . . This is an important book that will be of value to a variety of scholars and their students. Highly recommended.--J. Rankin,Choice[This book] is an important contribution to the growing literature on the Atlantic World. The contributors explore the labor and intellectual role of enslaved and free Africans in the organization of colonial towns and economies in the Spanish Empire.--Mariana P. Candido, author ofAn African Slaving Port and thlƒ<