This is an examination of slavery that covers the Spanish, Portuguese, and French regions of Latin America. Klein brings together the latest findings on the plantation system, demography, the slave trade, the construction of the slave community, and Afro-American culture. He focuses also on the attempts of the African and American-born slaves to create a viable and autonomous culture, including their adaptation of European languages, religions, and even kinship systems to their own needs.
- ISBN10 019503838X
- ISBN13 9780195038385
- Publish Date 19 May 1988 (first published 25 September 1986)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 19 January 2009
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 328
- Language English