The Reckoning is a magnificent conclusion to a quartet of books on New World slavery, explaining the role of slavery and its abolition in the rise of American power, finds Chris Bambery
In his fifth and final volume, The Reckoning: From the Second Slavery to Abolition, 1776-1888, in his series charting the history of slavery in the modern world, Robin Blackburn turns his attention to the Second Slavery, the plantation system in the United States, Cuba and Brazil growing cotton, sugar and coffee to meet the demands of Western Europe and the northern states of the USA.
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