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2. Brazil's African legacy
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Geipel,John (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 1997-08-01
- Published:
- United Kingdom: History Today Ltd.
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- History Today
- Journal Title Details:
- 47(8) : 18-7
- Notes:
- Provides information on how the enforced diaspora of the slave trade shaped Brazil as a nation. Information about the coming of the first African slaves in 1538; Burgeoning of Brazil's African descended population in the sixteenth century; Reasons for the survival of African cultural traditions in Brazil; Distinctive African stocks in Brazil; Abolishment of the slave trade in Brazil in 1850; Percentage of the 1997 Brazilian population that is of African descent.
3. Shaping the New World : African slavery in the Americas, 1500-1888
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Nellis,Eric Guest (Author) and Canadian Historical Association (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Publication Date:
- 2013
- Published:
- Projected Pub Date: 1307
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- About 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.