Slavery and African Life Occidental, Oriental, and African Slave Trades [Paperback]

This book summarizes a wide range of recent literature on slavery for all of tropical Africa.The economics, social structure and ideology of African slavery are analyzed from the beginning of large-scale slave export in the seventeenth century to the gradual elimination of slavery in the twentieth.The economics, social structure and ideology of African slavery are analyzed from the beginning of large-scale slave export in the seventeenth century to the gradual elimination of slavery in the twentieth.This interpretation of the impact of slavery on African life emphasizes the importance of external demand for slaves by Occidental and Oriental purchasers in developing an active trade in slaves within Africa. The book summarizes a wide range of recent literature on slavery for all of tropical Africa. It analyzes the demography, economics, social structure and ideology of slavery in Africa from the beginning of large-scale slave exports in the seventeenth century to the gradual elimination of slavery in the twentieth century. While primarily a general survey, Dr. Manning presents original research and analysis, especially in his demographic model, computer simulation of slave trade and analysis of slave prices. By revealing clearly the succession of transformations which slavery brought throughout the African continent, the book shows in new depth the place of Africa in the history of the Atlantic basin, of western Asia and North Africa, and of the Indian Ocean.List of plates; List of figures; List of maps; Acknowledgements; Prologue: tragedy and sacrifice in the history of slavery; 1. The political economy of slavery in Africa; 2. Why Africans? The rise of the slave trade to 1700; 3. Slavery and the African population: a demographic model; 4. The quantitative impact of the slave trade, 17001900; 5. The economics and morality of slave supply; 6. Patterns of slave life; 7. Transformations of slavery and society, 16501900; 8. The end of slavery; 9. The world and Africal3”