{"product_id":"2026200016440-secondhand-the-slave-trade-the-history-of-the-atlantic-slave-trade-1440-1870","title":"The Slave Trade: The History Of The Atlantic Slave Trade 1440-1870","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew chapters in human history carry the weight of moral consequence that the Atlantic slave trade does — a centuries-long machinery of exploitation that Hugh Thomas's monumental The Slave Trade: The History of the Atlantic Slave Trade 1440-1870 confronts with unflinching precision and scope. Spanning more than four centuries of commerce in human lives, this landmark work chronicles the systematic abduction, transportation, and sale of millions of African men, women, and children, tracing the trade from its origins in fifteenth-century Portugal through its brutal zenith and eventual abolition in the nineteenth century. Thomas reconstructs the political machinations of European powers, the complicity of African kingdoms, and the harrowing experiences of the enslaved, presenting a sweeping narrative that is as meticulously researched as it is deeply human.\n\nDrawing on an extraordinary breadth of archival sources across multiple continents, Thomas argues with authority that no single nation or ideology can escape culpability for one of history's greatest crimes. His prose is measured and scholarly yet never cold, striking a tone that honours the gravity of his subject without descending into polemic. Winner of the H.H. Wingate Prize and hailed as a definitive account by historians worldwide, this work stands as an essential cornerstone of modern historical literature — one that forces every reader to reckon with the foundations upon which the modern world was built. Who, after all, can claim to understand the present without first confronting the full, unvarnished truth of this past?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49336820662491,"sku":"2026200016440-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/d08e291e-49ba-407b-bde7-747c1b10daec.png?v=1789958926","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200016440-secondhand-the-slave-trade-the-history-of-the-atlantic-slave-trade-1440-1870","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}