{"product_id":"the-black-urban-atlantic-in-the-age-of-the-slave-trade-paperback-softback-9780812223767","title":"The Black Urban Atlantic in the Age of the Slave Trade (Paperback \/ softback) 9780812223767","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Black Urban Atlantic in the Age of the Slave Trade\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJorge Cañizares-Esguerra (Edited by), Matt D. Childs (Edited by), James Sidbury (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780812223767\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 December 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e384 pages, 4 illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm, 0.566 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"A timely and important collection of essays on a subject of vital interest to historians of the early modern Atlantic world. By decisively moving away from an earlier generation of scholars who seemed to see slavery and urban life as incompatible, this substantial and original volume makes a major contribution to the ways in which we study Atlantic history and the African diaspora.\" (Vincent Brown, Harvard University)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the era of the Atlantic slave trade, vibrant port cities became home to thousands of Africans in transit. Free and enslaved blacks alike crafted the necessary materials to support transoceanic commerce and labored as stevedores, carters, sex workers, and boarding-house keepers. Even though Africans continued to be exchanged as chattel, urban frontiers allowed a number of enslaved blacks to negotiate the right to hire out their own time, often greatly enhancing their autonomy within the Atlantic commercial system.\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Black Urban Atlantic in the Age of the Slave Trade\u003c\/i\u003e, eleven original essays by leading scholars from the United States, Europe, and Latin America chronicle the black experience in Atlantic ports, providing a rich and diverse portrait of the ways in which Africans experienced urban life during the era of plantation slavery. Describing life in Portugal, Brazil, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Africa, this volume illuminates the historical identity, agency, and autonomy of the African experience as well as the crucial role Atlantic cities played in the formation of diasporic cultures. By shifting focus away from plantations, this volume poses new questions about the nature of slavery in the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries, illustrating early modern urban spaces as multiethnic sites of social connectivity, cultural incubation, and political negotiation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eContributors:\u003c\/b\u003e Trevor Burnard, Mariza de Carvalho Soares, Matt D. Childs, Kevin Dawson, Roquinaldo Ferreira, David Geggus, Jane Landers, Robin Law, David Northrup, JoÃo JosÉ Reis, James H. Sweet, Nicole von Germeten.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e -Jorge CaÑizares-Esguerra, Matt D. Childs, and James Sidbury\u003cbr\u003e I. AFRICAN IDENTITIES IN ATLANTIC SPACES\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Identity among Liberated Africans in Sierra Leone\u003cbr\u003e -David Northrup\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Ouidah as a Multiethnic Community\u003cbr\u003e -Robin Law\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. African Nations in Nineteenth-Century Salvador, Bahia\u003cbr\u003e -JoÃo JosÉ Reis\u003cbr\u003e II. THE SOURCES OF BLACK AGENCY\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Re-creating African Ethnic Identities in Cuba\u003cbr\u003e -Matt D. Childs\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. The Slaves and Free People of Color of Cap FranÇais\u003cbr\u003e -David Geggus\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Kingston, Jamaica: Crucible of Modernity\u003cbr\u003e -Trevor Burnard\u003cbr\u003e III. URBAN SPACES AND BLACK AUTONOMY\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. The African Landscape of Seventeenth-Century Cartagena and Its Hinterlands\u003cbr\u003e -Jane Landers\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. The Cultural Geography of Enslaved Ship Pilots\u003cbr\u003e -Kevin Dawson\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9. Slavery and the Social and Cultural Landscapes of Luanda\u003cbr\u003e -Roquinaldo Ferreira\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10. African Barbeiros in Brazilian Slave Ports\u003cbr\u003e -Mariza de Carvalho Soares\u003cbr\u003e IV. BLACK IDENTITIES IN NONPLANTATION ECONOMIES\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 11. The Hidden Histories of African Lisbon\u003cbr\u003e -James H. Sweet\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 12. Black Brotherhoods in Mexico City\u003cbr\u003e -Nicole von Germeten\u003cbr\u003e List of Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliographic Essay\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52555691131160,"sku":"9780812223767","price":24.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-black-urban-atlantic-in-the-age-of-the-slave-trade-paperback-softback-9780812223767","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}