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Conference Conference on Systems of Slavery, Rochester (N.Y.), 1972.
Title Race and slavery in the western hemisphere : quantitative studies / edited by Stanley L. Engerman and Eugene D. Genovese ; contributors: Alan H. Adamson [and others].
Publication Info Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1975.


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Descript 556p.
Note Papers presented at a conference held at the University of Rochester, Mar. 9-11, 1972, sponsored by the History Advisory Committee of the Mathematical Social Science Board.
Contents Part 1: The slave trade -- I. The volume and profitability of the British slave trade, 1761-1807, Roger Anstey -- II. The origin of African slaves: The Dutch activities on the Guinea Coast, 1675-1795, Johannes Postma -- III. A quantitative analysis of the impact of British suppression policies on the on the volume of the nineteenth century Atlantic slave trade, E. Phillip LeVeen -- IV. The living and the dead: White mortality in West Africa, 1684-1732, K.G. Davies -- V. Comment, George Shepperson -- VI. Measuring the Atlantic slave trade, Philip D. Curtin -- Part 2: Social and demographic aspects of slave populations -- VII. “More like a negro country”: Demographic patterns in colonial South Carolina, 1700-1740, Peter H. Wood -- VIII. The breeding of slaves for sale and the Westward expansion of slavery, 1850-1860, Richard Sutch -- IX. On the natural increase of slave populations: The example of the Cuban black population, 1775-1900, Jack Ericson Eblen -- X. Jamaican slavery, Michael Craton -- XI. Mortality and the medical treatment of slaves in the British West Indies, Richard B. Sheridan -- XII. Religion and magic in Mexican slave society, 1570-1650, Colin A. Palmer -- Part 3. The slave and free person of color in an urban environment -- XIII. The free person of color in Mexico City and Lima: Manumission and opportunity, 1580-1650, Frederick P. Bowser -- XIV. From porterage to proprietorship: African occupations in Rio de Janeiro, 1808-1850, Mary Karasch -- XV. Free-born and slave-born blacks in Antebellum Philadelphia, Theodore Hershberg -- XVI. A model to explain the relative decline of urban slavery: Empirical results, Claudia Dale Goldin -- XVII. Comment, Harold D. Woodman -- Part 4. The post-emancipation response -- XVIII. The reconstruction of plantation labor after emancipation: The case of British Guiana, Alan H. Adamson -- Part 5. Summery remarks -- XIX. History and anthropology: A brief reprise, Sidney W. Mintz -- XX. Comments on the study of race and slavery, Stanley L. Engerman -- XXI. Concluding remarks, Eugene D. Genovese
ISBN 0691046255
0691100241 (pbk.)
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Conference Conference on Systems of Slavery, Rochester (N.Y.), 1972.
Series Quantitative studies in history ; 4
Subject Slavery -- America -- Congresses.
Slave trade -- Congresses.
America -- Race relations -- Congresses.
Alt author Engerman, Stanley L. (Stanley Lewis), 1936-
Genovese, Eugene D., 1930-2012.
Adamson, Alan H.
Mathematical Social Science Board.
Descript 556p.
Note Papers presented at a conference held at the University of Rochester, Mar. 9-11, 1972, sponsored by the History Advisory Committee of the Mathematical Social Science Board.
Contents Part 1: The slave trade -- I. The volume and profitability of the British slave trade, 1761-1807, Roger Anstey -- II. The origin of African slaves: The Dutch activities on the Guinea Coast, 1675-1795, Johannes Postma -- III. A quantitative analysis of the impact of British suppression policies on the on the volume of the nineteenth century Atlantic slave trade, E. Phillip LeVeen -- IV. The living and the dead: White mortality in West Africa, 1684-1732, K.G. Davies -- V. Comment, George Shepperson -- VI. Measuring the Atlantic slave trade, Philip D. Curtin -- Part 2: Social and demographic aspects of slave populations -- VII. “More like a negro country”: Demographic patterns in colonial South Carolina, 1700-1740, Peter H. Wood -- VIII. The breeding of slaves for sale and the Westward expansion of slavery, 1850-1860, Richard Sutch -- IX. On the natural increase of slave populations: The example of the Cuban black population, 1775-1900, Jack Ericson Eblen -- X. Jamaican slavery, Michael Craton -- XI. Mortality and the medical treatment of slaves in the British West Indies, Richard B. Sheridan -- XII. Religion and magic in Mexican slave society, 1570-1650, Colin A. Palmer -- Part 3. The slave and free person of color in an urban environment -- XIII. The free person of color in Mexico City and Lima: Manumission and opportunity, 1580-1650, Frederick P. Bowser -- XIV. From porterage to proprietorship: African occupations in Rio de Janeiro, 1808-1850, Mary Karasch -- XV. Free-born and slave-born blacks in Antebellum Philadelphia, Theodore Hershberg -- XVI. A model to explain the relative decline of urban slavery: Empirical results, Claudia Dale Goldin -- XVII. Comment, Harold D. Woodman -- Part 4. The post-emancipation response -- XVIII. The reconstruction of plantation labor after emancipation: The case of British Guiana, Alan H. Adamson -- Part 5. Summery remarks -- XIX. History and anthropology: A brief reprise, Sidney W. Mintz -- XX. Comments on the study of race and slavery, Stanley L. Engerman -- XXI. Concluding remarks, Eugene D. Genovese
ISBN 0691046255
0691100241 (pbk.)
Conference Conference on Systems of Slavery, Rochester (N.Y.), 1972.
Series Quantitative studies in history ; 4
Subject Slavery -- America -- Congresses.
Slave trade -- Congresses.
America -- Race relations -- Congresses.
Alt author Engerman, Stanley L. (Stanley Lewis), 1936-
Genovese, Eugene D., 1930-2012.
Adamson, Alan H.
Mathematical Social Science Board.
LOCATION SHELVED AT LOAN TYPE STATUS
 BJL 5th Floor  HT 1048 R1  8 WEEK LOAN  AVAILABLE
 Wilberforce Institute  HT 1048 R1  DEPT DECISION  ASK AT DEPT

Subject Slavery -- America -- Congresses.
Slave trade -- Congresses.
America -- Race relations -- Congresses.
Descript 556p.
Note Papers presented at a conference held at the University of Rochester, Mar. 9-11, 1972, sponsored by the History Advisory Committee of the Mathematical Social Science Board.
Contents Part 1: The slave trade -- I. The volume and profitability of the British slave trade, 1761-1807, Roger Anstey -- II. The origin of African slaves: The Dutch activities on the Guinea Coast, 1675-1795, Johannes Postma -- III. A quantitative analysis of the impact of British suppression policies on the on the volume of the nineteenth century Atlantic slave trade, E. Phillip LeVeen -- IV. The living and the dead: White mortality in West Africa, 1684-1732, K.G. Davies -- V. Comment, George Shepperson -- VI. Measuring the Atlantic slave trade, Philip D. Curtin -- Part 2: Social and demographic aspects of slave populations -- VII. “More like a negro country”: Demographic patterns in colonial South Carolina, 1700-1740, Peter H. Wood -- VIII. The breeding of slaves for sale and the Westward expansion of slavery, 1850-1860, Richard Sutch -- IX. On the natural increase of slave populations: The example of the Cuban black population, 1775-1900, Jack Ericson Eblen -- X. Jamaican slavery, Michael Craton -- XI. Mortality and the medical treatment of slaves in the British West Indies, Richard B. Sheridan -- XII. Religion and magic in Mexican slave society, 1570-1650, Colin A. Palmer -- Part 3. The slave and free person of color in an urban environment -- XIII. The free person of color in Mexico City and Lima: Manumission and opportunity, 1580-1650, Frederick P. Bowser -- XIV. From porterage to proprietorship: African occupations in Rio de Janeiro, 1808-1850, Mary Karasch -- XV. Free-born and slave-born blacks in Antebellum Philadelphia, Theodore Hershberg -- XVI. A model to explain the relative decline of urban slavery: Empirical results, Claudia Dale Goldin -- XVII. Comment, Harold D. Woodman -- Part 4. The post-emancipation response -- XVIII. The reconstruction of plantation labor after emancipation: The case of British Guiana, Alan H. Adamson -- Part 5. Summery remarks -- XIX. History and anthropology: A brief reprise, Sidney W. Mintz -- XX. Comments on the study of race and slavery, Stanley L. Engerman -- XXI. Concluding remarks, Eugene D. Genovese
Alt author Engerman, Stanley L. (Stanley Lewis), 1936-
Genovese, Eugene D., 1930-2012.
Adamson, Alan H.
Mathematical Social Science Board.
ISBN 0691046255
0691100241 (pbk.)
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