The Atlantic Slave Trade saw millions of Africans removed from their homeland, shipped across an ocean, and forced to work in brutal conditions in the Americas. The trip itself, known as the Middle ...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION. The Midcentury Moment -- ONE. The Final Triangle Takes Shape -- TWO. Slave Traders at Work -- THREE. Aboard an Illegal American Slaver -- ...

Sugar's history is far from sweet. What we now see as a basic pantry staple used to be a rare luxury. For centuries, it was known as "white gold" because of how valuable it was. By the 17th century, ...

The transatlantic slave trade was a multilayered, highly commercialised global enterprise that lasted from the early 1500s to the mid 1800s. The events over this period are far too complex to fit into ...