ePub Seeing Straight: An Introduction to Gender and Sexual Privilege by Jean Halley; Amy Eshleman in History

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Between 1500 and the middle of the nineteenth century; some 12.5 million slaves were sent as bonded labour from Africa to the European settlements in the Americas. Shaping the New World introduces students to the origins; growth; and consolidation of African slavery in the Americas and race-based slavery's impact on the economic; social; and cultural development of the New World.While the book explores the idea of the African slave as a tool in the formation of new American societies; it also acknowledges the culture; humanity; and importance of the slave as a person and highlights the role of women in slave societies.Serving as the third book in the UTP/CHA International Themes and Issues Series; Shaping the New World introduces readers to the topic of African slavery in the New World from a comparative perspective; specifically focusing on the English; French; Spanish; Portuguese; and Dutch slave systems.