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Hargrove's study provocatively asks us to consider the roles of Africans in ending the transatlantic slave trade. By placing the end of the slave trade on the Gold Coast (Ghana) within the context of the much longer history of transatlantic trade and diplomacy in West Africa, this work offers a new perspective from which to assess Asante's history as an economic and political power. It is among an important group of new works that insist on the inseparable qualities of African history and the history of the African diaspora. -- Rebecca Shumway, College of Charleston Hargrove explores a wide range of political and economic developments surrounding the rise and fall of the Asante during the era of British imperial expansion and he shift from the slave trade to 'legitimate commerce.' ... The book does provide considerable detail, useful statistics, and some excellent maps. * CHOICE *

Hargrove's study provocatively asks us to consider the roles of Africans in ending the transatlantic slave trade. By placing the end of the slave trade on the Gold Coast (Ghana) within the context of the much longer history of transatlantic trade and diplomacy in West Africa, this work offers a new perspective from which to assess Asante's history as an economic and political power. It is among an important group of new works that insist on the inseparable qualities of African history and the history of the African diaspora. -- Rebecca Shumway, College of Charleston Hargrove explores a wide range of political and economic developments surrounding the rise and fall of the Asante during the era of British imperial expansion and he shift from the slave trade to 'legitimate commerce.' ... The book does provide considerable detail, useful statistics, and some excellent maps. CHOICE

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Jarvis L. Hargrove is assistant professor at North Carolina Central University.

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