Slaves for peanuts : a story of conquest, liberation, and a crop that changed history
(2022)
By:
Lewis, Jori
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
306.362096/LEWIS,J
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : The New Press, 2022
DESCRIPTION
xiii, 367 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781620971567, 1620971569 :, 1620971569, 9781620971567
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
"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"--