The Atlantic Slave Trade (Problems in World History) by David Northrup

by David Northrup

A volume in the Problems in World History series, this book features a variety of secondary-source essays that are carefully edited for both content and length, making this single volume a convenient alternative to course packets or multiple monographs. Most often used as a supplementary text for upper-level courses, The Atlantic Slave Trade includes chapter introductions, essay introductions, and annotated bibliographies.

Genres: History, Africa, Nonfiction

Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

David Northrup is serious about world travel and world history. So far, his rambles have taken him to 49 US states and as many foreign countries. Early studies and research in France were followed by teaching and research in rural Nigeria. The latter experience led him to earn a doctorate in African history from UCLA. While teaching African and world history at Tuskegee Institute and Boston College, he published important books and articles in African, Atlantic, and world history. He also served as president of the World History Assn. Since retirement from teaching in 2012, he had published two books, How English Became the Global Language and a third edition of Africa’s Discovery of Europe, 1450-1850. Two early books that had gone out of print, Indentured Labor in the Age of Imperialism and Beyond the Bend in the River, are now available for free in electronic formats.

Reviews

[Dan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty good compilation of different scholarly works and primary sources, but I guess I have trouble following excerpts of scholarly pieces. I much prefer to just dive into the whole articles, rather than seeing the jumping around of this type of collection.

Still, it seems like this would be a good place to pull documents for an undergrad class in African or World History.

[Shelley]

Interesting points I had never really considered about slavery.

[riley fenneran · Rating 2 out of 5]

im dead and reading and analyzing this for hist killed me