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The Effects of "Cloth Politics" in the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade: Cause, Cash, Commodity and Comfort

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Title: The Effects of "Cloth Politics" in the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade: Cause, Cash, Commodity and Comfort
Author: Harmer, Crickett
Description: This paper examines the important role cloth played in the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. All aspects of cloth related topics are researched from economic commodity to a tool to purchase freedom. Written for MLAS 270 33: New Methods, New Discoveries, and New Interpretations in Slavery Studies with Prof. Jane Landers, Spring 2009.
Subject: Women dressmakers
Clothing trade -- Africa
Textile fabrics -- Africa
Slave trade -- Africa
Textile trade -- Africa
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1803/3095
Date: 2009-04

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