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100 1 _aSparks, Randy J.
245 1 0 _aWhere the Negroes Are Masters :
_bAn African Port in the Era of the Slave Trade.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bHarvard University Press,
_c2014.
264 4 _c©2014.
300 _a1 online resource (322 pages)
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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505 0 _aIntro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Annamaboe Joins the Atlantic World -- 2. John Corrantee and Slave-Trade Diplomacy at Annamaboe -- 3. Richard Brew and the World of an African-Atlantic Merchant -- 4. The Process of Enslavement at Annamaboe -- 5. Tracing the Trade: Annamaboe and the Rum Men -- 6. A World in Motion: Annamaboe in the Atlantic Community -- 7. Things Fall Apart: The End of the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World -- Conclusion -- Important Terms, Names, and Places -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
520 _aAnnamaboe--largest slave trading port on the Gold Coast--was home to wily African merchants whose partnerships with Europeans made the town an integral part of Atlantic webs of exchange. Randy Sparks recreates the outpost's feverish bustle and brutality, tracing the entrepreneurs, black and white, who thrived on a lucrative traffic in human beings.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aSlave trade-Africa, West-History-18th century.
650 0 _aSlave trade-Economic aspects-Africa, West.
650 0 _aAnomabu (Ghana)-History-18th century.
650 0 _aAtlantic Ocean Region-Commerce-History-18th century.
650 0 _aAfrica, West-Economic conditions-18th century.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aSparks, Randy J.
_tWhere the Negroes Are Masters
_dCambridge : Harvard University Press,c2014
_z9780674724877
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3301371
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