Contents	12
	1. Origins of the American Slave System	20
	2. The Establishment of African Slavery in Latin America in the 16th Century	40
	3. Sugar and Slavery in the Caribbean in the 17th and 18th Centuries	64
	4. Slavery in Portuguese and Spanish America in the 18th Century	86
	5. Slavery and the Plantation Economy in the Caribbean in the 19th Century	108
	6. Slavery and the Plantation Economy in Brazil and the Guyanas in the 19th Century	132
	7. Life, Death, and the Family in Afro-American Slave Societies	158
	8. Creation of a Slave Community and Afro-American Culture	182
	9. Slave Resistance and Rebellion	208
	10. Freedmen in a Slave Society	236
	11. Transition from Slavery to Freedom	262
	Bibliographical Notes	292
	Tables	314
	Index	318