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The campaign to end the Transatlantic Trade in Africans cannot be separated from the resistance struggle of the Africans themselves. Hilary Beckles and Verene Shepherd trace the African experience from capture, the horrors of the Middle Passage to liberation. Their story emphasises the contributions of the victims of the enslaved even while acknowledging the critical role of the British abolitionists.

Covers major events in the Caribbean struggle for freedom from emancipation to the present - from Toussaint's Haiti to the more recent revolutions in Cuba, Grenada and the Dominican Republic. The range of coverage is comprehensive calling attention to the variety of post-slavery experiences in the Spanish, Dutch, English and French Caribbean.

The Transatlantic Trade in Africans has no equal in the annals of modern history in terms of the scope and depth of suffering experienced by its victims. Hilary Beckles and Verene Shepherd, two of the Caribbean's most distinguished historians, make extensive use of research by scholars from Europe, Africa and the Americas to describe the trade and analyse its impact on African, European and Caribbean societies.

An essential book for students and teachers written by two of the Caribbean's leading historians.

Liberties Lost and Freedoms Won have been written by two of the Caribbean's leading historians, Professor Hilary Beckles and Professor Verene Shepherd.