Gift - How Objects of Prestige Shaped Atlantic Slave Trade Colonialism

"The Gift tells the story of one silver ceremonial sword offered as a gift by French traders to an African agent, and reveals how prestigious gifts shaped the trade of enslaved Africans. This compelling account will interest historians of slavery and material culture"--

List of contents

Acknowledgments; Introduction: On Gifts and the Atlantic Slave Trade; 1. The Loango Coast and the Rise of the Atlantic Slave Trade; 2. La Rochelle and Atlantic Africa; 3. Slave Traders Turned Pirates; 4. Deciphering the Gift; 5. A Displaced Gift; 6. Ngoyo Meets Dahomey; Conclusion: Objects that Shaped the Slave Trade and Colonialism; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Ana Lucia Araujo is a Professor of History at Howard University. A specialist on the history and memory of slavery and the Atlantic slave trade, she has authored and edited thirteen books.

Product details

• Authors: Ana Lucia Araujo, Ana Lucia (Howard University Araujo, Araujo Ana Lucia
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.11.2023
• EAN: 9781108839297
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83929-7
• No. of pages: 307
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 235 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Print on Demand; Cambridge Studies on the African Diaspora
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Europe, HISTORY / General, Africa, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, General & world history, Material Culture, Social and cultural anthropology, Colonialism and imperialism, African History, Slavery and abolition of slavery, Later 18th century c 1750 to c 1799