Black Cargoes: A History of the Atlantic Slave Trade.
New York: Viking Press, 1962. Second Printing of the First Edition. A Very Good copy in a Very Good plus unclipped dust jacket with light edge wear to the extremities. The African slave trade in the Americas officially began in 1518 with the landing in the West Indies of the first black cargo direct from Africa and was offically suppressed in the United States in 1865. It is estimated that approximately 15 million Africans had crossed the Atlantic during this period. This book attempts to tell where the slaves came from, how they were enslaved in Africa, how they were purchased by sea captains, how they wre transported, and how the trip survivors were sold in West Indian and American markets. Item #29404
Price: $125.00