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9780807155301
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In the early nineteenth century the major economic players of the Atlantic trade lanes -- the United States, Brazil, and Cuba -- witnessed explosive commercial growth. Commodities like cotton, coffee, and sugar contributed to the fantastic wealth of an elite few and the enslavement of many. As a result of an increased population and concurrent economic expansion, the United States widened its trade relationship with Cuba and Brazil, importing half of Brazil's coffee exports and 82 percent of Cuba's total exports by 1877. Disease, Resistance, and Lies examines the impact of these burgeoning mar
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. U.S. Involvement in the Transatlantic Slave Trade to Cuba and Brazil; 2. Infections in Cuba; 3. Epidemics and the End of the Transatlantic Slave Trade to Brazil in 1850; 4. Slave Resistance and Debates over the Slave Trade to Cuba, 1790s-1840s; 5. Slave Resistance and the Suppression of the Slave Trade to Brazil in 1850; 6. Interpreters, Translators, and the Spoken Word; 7. Demise; Conclusion; Appendix: Tables; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
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ISBN 9780807155301
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ISBN 9780807155295
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Disease, Resistance, and Lies : The Demise of the Transatlantic Slave Trade to Brazil and Cuba
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