The Slave Coast of West Africa 1550-1750

by Robin Law

This book studies the impact of the Atlantic slave trade on the "Slave Coast" of West Africa, an area covering modern south-eastern Ghana, Togo, Benin, and south-western Nigeria. This region was one of the most important sources of slaves for the Atlantic slave trade, and its history provides an exceptionally well-documented illustration of the effect of the trade on the indigenous African societies of the Slave Coast. The expansion of the slave exports...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198202288
• ISBN13: 9780198202288
• Release Date: November 1991
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 6 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 1 and higher