Introduction; 1. From colonization to abolition: patterns of historical development in Brazil, Cuba, and the United States; 2. The diversity of slavery in the Americas to 1790; 3. Slaves in their own words; 4. Slave populations; 5. Economic aspects; 6. Making space; 7. Resistance and rebellions; 8. Abolition; Bibliography.
This 2007 book is an introductory history of racial slavery in the Americas.
Laird W. Bergad was born and raised in Pittsburgh. He attended the University of Wisconsin, where he received his B.A. in history in 1970. He then lived and worked in various jobs in Puerto Rico before enrolling in graduate school at the University of Pittsburgh, where he received his Ph.D. degree in Latin American and Caribbean history in 1980. He has traveled widely through Latin America and has lived for extended periods in Cuba and Brazil. He has written and published four previous books about rural slave-based societies during the 18th and 19th centuries in Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Brazil: Coffee and the Growth of Agarian Capitalism in Puerto Rico (1983), Cuban Rural Society in the 19th Century (1990), The Cuban Slave Market, 1790-1880 (coauthored) (Cambridge 1995); Slavery and the Demographic and Economic History of Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1720-1888 (Cambridge 1999). He has been the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, two Fulbright Fellowships, and an NEH Fellowship, among other grants and honors. He is the founding director of the City University of New York's Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies.
"...Bergad's stated purpose is to integrate new interdisciplinary
knowledge about three major slave societies-Cuba, Brazil, and the
United States (why not Puerto Rico?)-in a digestible form for
advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and the general
public....provide a clear view of profitability and technology of
slavery....In textbook format, Bergad provides an effective
overview of colonization and the rise of slavery as the primary
system of production for each of his areas of study-North America
(United States), Cuba, and Brazil, with some discussion of other
parts of the Americas....The presentation of data regarding
production, prices, investments, and demography...makes for an
admirable introduction to the economics of slavery...."
--Paul E. Lovejoy, York University, Journal of Interdisciplinary
History
"...should be required reading in any course on nineteenth century
U.S. or Latin American History." -David Eltis, EH.NET
"...a welcome addition to textbooks on slavery in the Americas."
-Jacob M. Blosser, World History Bulletin
"For those accustomed to the study of the 'birth of African
American culture' solely from the perspective of the Anglo-Dutch
Atlantic, this book has much to offer." -Jorge Canizares-Esguerra,
Journal of American Ethnic History
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