African Link - The African Link: British Attitudes in Era of Atlantic Slave Trade,

The African Link, first published in 1978, analyses a vast array of scholarly, educational, popular and polemical writings from the 17th and 18th centuries to fill a considerable gap in the history of racial attitudes.

List of contents

Part 1. Public Awareness of the Negro in the Era of the Slave Trade 1. The Historical Background 2. The Makers of the Negro Image Part 2. Attitudes Before 1780: Sub-Humanity and Inhumanity 3. Edward Long and the Theory of Negro Inferiority 4. The Burden of Slavery Part 3. Attitudes Before 1780: African Savagery in Theory and Practice 5. Intellectual Perspectives 6. The Cultural Inferiority of West Africa 7. The Sinister Side of West African Life 8. Anarchy and Despotism Part 4. Racial Attitudes in an Era of Controversy: 1780-1807 9. The Chains of Slavery and the Chain of Being 10. Old and New Images of Africa

About the author

Anthony J. Barker

Summary

The African Link, first published in 1978, analyses a vast array of scholarly, educational, popular and polemical writings from the 17th and 18th centuries to fill a considerable gap in the history of racial attitudes.

Product details

• Authors: Anthony J. Barker, Barker Anthony J.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.02.2024
• EAN: 9781032316710
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3231671-0
• No. of pages: 274
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Slavery
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Popular Culture, European History, HISTORY / General, military history, Social & cultural history, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Colonialism & imperialism, Economic history, British & Irish history, Social and cultural history, Social and cultural anthropology, Colonialism and imperialism, African History, Slavery & abolition of slavery, History and Archaeology, Slavery and abolition of slavery