Making the Black Atlantic : Britain and the African diaspora
James Walvin (Author)
This is the first text to present a coherent story of the African exile, of its origins, progress and transformation from bondage to freedom, within the broadest context, and with particular reference to Britain's central role
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9781474292900, 1474292909
957490939
Introduction: the African diaspora. Part 1 The metropolis: images of Africa; black Britain; fruits of slave labours; slavery, commerce and empire. Part 2 Africans in exile: the plantation; slave production, slave consumption; slave culture; looking at slaves; the iconography of slavery. Part 3 Decline and fall: Quakers and other friends; women, Wilberforce and black freedom; feeling superior - the culture of anti- slavery. Part 4 Consequences: in the shadow of slavery; freedom, racism and the industrializing world; home to roost - migration to Britain; the new world order - race in a post-colonial world.