Daughters of the Trade: Atlantic Slavers and Interracial Marriage on the Gold Coast - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Pernille IpsenSeries:Early Modern AmericasPublish date:2016-12-07Pages:288
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pennsylvania PressISBN-13:9780812223958ISBN-10:812223950UPC:9780812223958Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Africa, Europe, SlaveryBook Topic:West, Nordic CountriesSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCBSTGMBNM
Daughters of the Trade: Atlantic Slavers and Interracial Marriage on the Gold Coast
Severine Brock's first language was Ga, yet it was not surprising when, in 1842, she married Edward Carstensen. He was the last governor of Christiansborg, the fort that, in the eighteenth century, had been the center of Danish slave trading in West Africa. She was the descendant of Ga-speaking women who had married Danish merchants and traders. Their marriage would have been familiar to Gold...
Series: Early Modern Americas
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pennsylvania PressISBN-13:9780812223958ISBN-10:812223950UPC:9780812223958Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Africa, Europe, SlaveryBook Topic:West, Nordic CountriesSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCBSTGMBNM
Pernille Ipsen is Associate Professor of Gender and Women's Studies and History at University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
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