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The comparative histories of slavery in Brazil, Cuba, and the United States /

Bergad, Laird W., 1948-

The comparative histories of slavery in Brazil, Cuba, and the United States / Laird W. Bergad. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007. - xiv, 314 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 23 cm. - New approaches to the Americas .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-302) and index.

Introduction -- From colonization to abolition : patterns of historical development in Brazil, Cuba, and the United States -- The diversity of slavery in the Americas to 1790 -- Slaves in their own words -- Slave populations -- Economic aspects -- Making space -- Resistance and rebellions -- Abolition.

9780521872355 (hardback) 0521872359 (hardback) 9780521694100 (pbk.) 0521694108 (pbk.)

2006101940


Slavery--History.--Brazil
Slavery--History.--Cuba
Slavery--History.--United States

HT1126 / .B47 2007

306.3/62097

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