Marco Carnovale
Viaggi, libri e riflessioni di Marco Carnovale's thoughts, books and travels
Carno Pages
(Move to ...)
Home
About
Books
Reviews
Itineraries
Photos
Wines
Guest Speaker
Links
Contact
▼
Showing posts with label
slavery
.
Show all posts
Showing posts with label
slavery
.
Show all posts
04 April 2021
Book review: The Shell Money of the Slave Trade (1986) by Jan Hogendorn and Marion Johnson, *****
›
Synopsys This study examines the role of cowrie-shell money in West African trade, particularly the slave trade. The shells were carried fro...
09 January 2014
34. - 9 Jan.: Cape Town slaves, cannons and jazz
›
Wake up leisurly and after another my usual dose of fruits, eggs and toast at the hotel buffet I join the others on our bus for one more day...
25 April 2012
Book Review: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself, by Louise Meriwether Harriet Jacobs, ****
›
Synopsis Louise Meriwether Harriet Jacobs in her narrative reveals how she refused to be victimized within her own mind, but rather cho...
10 October 2011
Book Review: Slaves of the Cool Mountains, by Alan Winnington, *****
›
Author with released slaves in Yunnan Synopsis Beijing, 1956: foreign correspondent Alan Winnington heard reports of slaves being fre...
11 July 2001
Book review: The Slave Trade, 1440-1870 (1999), by Hugh Thomas, *****
›
Synopsis After many years of research, Thomas portrays, in a balanced account, the complete history of the slave trade. The Atlantic sla...
›
Home
View web version
