African Slavery in Latin America and the Caribbean

Herbert S. Klein is Director of the Center for Latin American Studies, Professor of History, and Hoover Senior Fellow at Stanford University and Gouverneur Morris Emeritus Professor at Columbia University. Ben Vinson III is Director of the Center for Africana Studies and Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University.

• Preface to Second Edition/ Preface to Original Edition1: Origins of the American Slave System2: The Establishment of Slavery in Latin America in the 16th Century3: Sugar and Slavery in the Caribbean in the 17th and 18th Centuries4: Slavery in Portuguese and Spanish America in the 18th Century5: Slavery and the Plantation Economy in the Caribbean in the 19th Century6: Slavery and the Plantation Economy in Brazil and the Guyanas in the 19th Century7: Life, Death, and the Family in Afro-American Slave Societies8: Creation of a Slave Community and Afro-American Culture9: Slave Resistance and Rebellion10: Freedmen in a Slave Society11: Transition from Slavery to Freedom