Slaves for peanuts : a story of conquest, liberation, and a crop that changed history

Lewis, Jori, author.

Book 2022

"A stunning work of popular history--the story of how a crop transformed the history of slavery. Author Jori Lewis reveals how demand for peanut oil in Europe ensured that slavery in Africa would persist well into the twentieth century, long after the European powers had officially banned it in the territories they controlled"-- Provided by publisher.

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Agricultural laborers Africa, West

Peanut industry Africa, West

Slavery Africa, West

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ISBN:

9781620971567

Description:

xiii, 367 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-362) and index

Contents:

A shelter for runaway slaves
A crossroads
A spark, a solution, the Industrial Revolution
From here to there and back again
A peanut ruse
The legend of Ndakaaru
The caravan
Those of the sand
A middlemen
The people who came from the sea
The African business
Unholy wars
A word on slavery
This Black man from Gorée
Lat Joor wants his slaves back
A sickness with no name
A native evangelist
Ceebu Jën
A steamboat on land
The ebbs and flows of my courage
Saxayaay
Springtime in Paris
Reports from the rivers
A new appeal
The fifteen captives of Ndiack Ndiaye
The future of France
A word on freedom
The civilizing mission
A stain that must be washed
A delicate business
You will find only jackals and hyenas
A colleague and a partner
Since the invention of the peanut
Special seeds
Interregnums
The propagation of French culture?
The Damel --Bethesdaa
Poor Lat Joor
Go east!
The dawn of a new era
We have already proven that the negro is capable
Lost and found (ephemera)
Why have the peanuts degenerated?
Kerbala
On the run
Your civilization has not dazzled him
This land of my ancestors
A peanut fable
One of the most delicate questions
A child from the Dark Continent
Emaciated lands --Drink my cup to the dregs
The crushing supremacy of the peanut
What remained

LCCN:

2021053036

Control Number:

3159227

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