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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      19 October 2009
      22 July 1993
      ISBN:
      9780511572784
      9780521440837
      9780521534529
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511572784
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.526kg, 268 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.405kg, 268 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Area Studies, African Studies, History, Regional History after 1500, African History
      Series:
      African Studies (77)
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    Subjects:
    Area Studies, African Studies, History, Regional History after 1500, African History
    Series:
    African Studies (77)
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    West African societies were transformed by the slave trade, even in regions where few slaves were exported. While many books have been written on the import and export trade and on warrior predation, Dr Searing's concern is with the effects of the Atlantic slave trade on the societies of the Senegal river valley in the eighteenth century. He shows that the growth of the Atlantic trade stimulated the development of slavery within West Africa. Slaves worked as seamen in the river and coasting trades, produced surplus grain to feed slaves in transit, and sometimes came to hold pivotal positions in the political structure of the coastal kingdoms of Senegambia. This local slave system had far-reaching consequences, leading to religious protest and slave rebellions. The changes in agricultural production fostered an ecological crisis.

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    "This is a very important book. It integrates the history of slavery into the wider history of the region. It is well documented and skillfully argued. Perhaps most important, Searing has helped to shift our attention from raw numbers exported to the ways in which the slave trade shaped African life. He has contributed to our understanding of not only slavery, but also of Sénégalese history." African Studies Review

    "...the book occupies a major niche in African and Atlantic history, as well as the more specialized field of Senegambian history, and will have a long scholarly life." David Eltis, The Northern Mariner

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