Captivity's collections : science, natural history, and the british transatlantic slave trade, flows, migrations, and exchanges

Cashews from Africa's Gold Coast, butterflies from Sierra Leone, jalap root from Veracruz, shells from Jamaica-in the eighteenth century, these specimens from faraway corners of the Atlantic were tucked away onboard inhumane British slaving vessels. Kathleen S. Murphy argues that the era's...

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Main Author: Murphy, Kathleen S.
Format: EBOOK
Language:ENGLISH
Published: The University of North Carolina Press 2023
Series:Flows, migrations, and exchanges
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