African voices of the Atlantic slave trade : beyond the silence and the shame /

It's an awful story. It's an awful story. Why do you want to bring this up now'--Chief Awusa of Atorkor For centuries, the story of the Atlantic slave trade has been filtered through the eyes and records of white Europeans. In this watershed book, historian Anne C. Bailey focuses on m...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bailey, Anne C. (Anne Caroline) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : Beacon Press, ©2005.
Colección:Book Collection Nonfiction: High School Edition.
Temas:
Slave trade > Africa, West > History.
Slave trade > America > History.
Slave trade > Ghana > History.
Anlo (African people) > Social conditions.
Esclaves > Commerce > Afrique occidentale > Histoire.
Esclaves > Commerce > Amérique > Histoire.
Esclaves > Commerce > Gh*ana > Histoire.
Anlo (Peuple d'Afrique) > Conditions sociales.
Esclaves > Commerce > Ghāna > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
Slave trade
Sklavenhandel
Slavenhandel.
West Africa
America
Ghana
Afrika
Amerika
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:It's an awful story. It's an awful story. Why do you want to bring this up now'--Chief Awusa of Atorkor For centuries, the story of the Atlantic slave trade has been filtered through the eyes and records of white Europeans. In this watershed book, historian Anne C. Bailey focuses on memories of the trade from the African perspective. African chiefs and other elders in an area of southeastern Ghana-once famously called "the Old Slave Coast"--Share stories that reveal that Africans were traders as well as victims of the trade. Bailey argues that, like victims of trauma, many African societies now experience a fragmented view of their past that partially explains the blanket of silence and shame around the slave trade. Capturing scores of oral histories that were handed down through generations, Bailey finds that, although Africans were not equal partners with Europeans, even their partial involvement in the slave trade had devastating consequences on their history and identity. In this unprecedented and revelatory book, Bailey explores the delicate and fragmented nature of historical memory. From the Trade Paperback edition
Descripción Física:1 online resource (289 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-279) and index.
ISBN:9780807055199
0807055190
0807055123
9780807055120
129956285X
9781299562851

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