Africa and Africans in the Making of the Atlantic World, 1400-1800 (Studies in Comparative World History)

This book explores Africa's involvement in the Atlantic world from the fifteenth through the eighteenth centuries. It focuses especially on the causes and consequences of the slave trade, in Africa, in Europe, and in the New World. Prior to 1680, Africa's economic and military strength enabled African elites to determine how trade with Europe developed. Thornton examines the dynamics that made slaves so necessary to European colonizers. He explains why African slaves were placed in significant roles. Estate structure and demography affected the capacity of slaves to form a self-sustaining society and behave as cultural actors. This second edition contains a new chapter on eighteenth century developments.

• Empires of the Atlantic World: Britain and Spain in America 1492-1830
• American Slavery, American Freedom
• Recreating Africa: Culture, Kinship, and Religion in the African-Portuguese World, 1441-1770
• The Slave Ship: A Human History
• Avengers of the New World: The Story of the Haitian Revolution
• The SLAVE TRADE: THE STORY OF THE ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE: 1440 - 1870
• Saltwater Slavery: A Middle Passage from Africa to American Diaspora
• Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes
• The Columbian Exchange: Biological and Cultural Consequences of 1492, 30th Anniversary Edition
• The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution