African Slave Trade by Basil Davidson
Published by Atlantic Monthly/Little Brown, 1980. Softcover. 304pp. Mild sunning to spine, minor rubbing to covers. No writing in text. Light rubbing/ edge wear to covers, minor corner bend, sunning to spine- Very Good+. Originally published in 1961, in a hardcover edition, entitled Black Mother, The Years of the African Slave Trade.
Provenance: From the collection of Dr. David Starr Newbury, his signature can be found inside the front cover.
David Starr Newbury (born 1942) is the Gwendolen Carter professor of African studies at Smith College, Massachusetts. He received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1979 for thesis titled Kings and clans on Ijwi Island (Zaire), c. 1780-1840 under the supervision of Jan Vansina.
