Introduction : Slavery and the West -- Empires and plantations. The Spanish conquest : Destruction, enslavement and the Baroque ; Mercantile empire and the slave plantation : Brazil leads, the Dutch, English and French refine the formula ; Plantation hierarchy, social order and the Atlantic system -- The subversive boom. Slavery and industrialization ; Black aspirations and the 'Picaresque Proletariat' ; The planters back colonial revolt ; From the critique of slavery to the abolitionist movement -- The Haitian pivot. Haitians claim the rights of man ; Results and prospects I : Slave-trade abolition ; Results and prospects II : Latin America -- The age of abolition. Abolitionism advances, but slavery is resurgent ; Anti-slavery : Its scope, character and appeal ; The keys to emancipation ; The spiral path : Ambiguous victories, contested legacies.
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