Carney, Judith and Richard Nicholas Rosomoff. In the Shadow of Slavery: Africa's Botanical Legacy in the Atlantic World. University of California Press, 2010. The transatlantic slave trade forced millions of Africans into bondage. Until the early nineteenth century, African slaves came to the Americas in greater numbers than Europeans. In the Shadow of Slavery provides … Continue reading BOOK: Carney and Rosomoff on Africa’s Botanical Legacy