Description: An innovative and valuable resource for understanding women's roles in changing societies, this book brings together the history of Africa, the Atlantic and gender before the 20th century. It explores trade, slavery and migrationin the context of the Euro-African encounter.
Review Quotes: This volume is a must-read for those who study and teach histories of the TAST and the Atlantic world in general. I would recommend this book to those interested in such fields as world history, the Atlantic world history, women's history, and gender history. They will find this book captivating.-- "AFRICAN STUDIES QUARTERLY"