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020			_a9780511572784 (ebook)
020			_z9780521440837 (hardback)
020			_z9780521534529 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aHT1399.S4 _bS43 1993
082	0	0	_a306.3/62/09663 _220
100	1		_aSearing, James F., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aWest African Slavery and Atlantic Commerce : _bThe Senegal River Valley, 1700–1860 / _cJames F. Searing.
246	3		_aWest African Slavery & Atlantic Commerce
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c1993.
300			_a1 online resource (268 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aAfrican Studies ; _v77
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Feb 2017).
520			_aWest African societies were transformed by the slave trade, even in regions where few slaves were exported. While many books have been written on the import and export trade and on warrior predation, Dr Searing's concern is with the effects of the Atlantic slave trade on the societies of the Senegal river valley in the eighteenth century. He shows that the growth of the Atlantic trade stimulated the development of slavery within West Africa. Slaves worked as seamen in the river and coasting trades, produced surplus grain to feed slaves in transit, and sometimes came to hold pivotal positions in the political structure of the coastal kingdoms of Senegambia. This local slave system had far-reaching consequences, leading to religious protest and slave rebellions. The changes in agricultural production fostered an ecological crisis.
651		0	_aSenegal _xCommerce _xHistory.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521440837
830		0	_aAfrican Studies ; _v77.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511572784
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