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Title Africa and the West : a documentary history from the slave trade to independence / [compiled by] William H. Worger, Nancy L. Clark, Edward A. Alpers.

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Phoenix, Ariz. : Oryx Press, 2001.

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Location	Call No.	Status
University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	967.02 A258A	Check Shelf
University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	967.02 A258A c.2	Check Shelf

Description	ix, 428 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Contents	pt. 1. Africa in the Era of the Slave Trade. 1. Beginnings of a regular European trade in slaves from Africa. 2. Pope grants to the Portuguese a monopoly of trade with Africa. 3. King of Spain regulates the importation of African slaves into the Americas. 4. British attempts to break the Portuguese and Spanish monopolies of slave trading. 5. Jesuit justifies the trade in African slaves to a skeptical colleague. 6. Importation of slaves into the Cape of Good Hope. 7. Attempt to create an English monopoly of trade in West Africa. 8. Sources of slaves for the Royal African Company. 9. Log of the Arthur, a ship carrying slaves for the Royal African Company from West Africa to Barbados.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Subject	Trafficking in enslaved persons -- History -- Sources.
Subject	Europe -- Relations -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- History -- Sources.
	Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Relations -- Europe -- History -- Sources.
	Slave trade -- History -- Sources.
	America -- Relations -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- History -- Sources.
	Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Relations -- America -- History -- Sources.
Added Author	Worger, William H.
	Clark, Nancy L.
	Alpers, Edward A.
ISBN	1573562475 alkaline paper

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