Capitalism & slavery
by Palmer, Colin A., Williams, Eric Eustace, Darity, William A.,, Jr
1. The Origin of Negro Slavery -- 2. The Development of the Negro Slave Trade -- 3. British Commerce and the Triangular Trade -- 4. The West India Interest -- 5. British Industry and the Triangular Trade -- 6. The American Revolution -- 7. The Development of British Capitalism, …
Capitalism & slavery
by Palmer, Colin A., Williams, Eric Eustace, Darity, William A.,, Jr
"Slavery helped finance the Industrial Revolution in England. Plantation owners, shipbuilders, and merchants connected with the slave trade accumulated vast fortunes that established banks and heavy industry in Europe and expanded the reach of capitalism worldwide. Eric Williams…
Slavery helped finance the Industrial Revolution in England. Plantation owners, shipbuilders, and merchants connected with the slave trade accumulated vast fortunes that established banks and heavy industry in Europe and expanded the reach of capitalism worldwide. Eric Williams …
Transatlantic slavery, just like the abolition movements, affected every space and community in Britain, from Cornwall to the Clyde, from dockyard alehouses to country estates. Today, its financial, architectural and societal legacies remain, scattered across the country in muse…
This collection brings together local case studies of Britain's history and memory of transatlantic slavery and abolition, including the role of individuals and families, regional identity narratives, sites of memory and forgetting and the financial, architectural and social leg…
Transatlantic slavery, just like the abolition movements, affected every space and community in Britain, from Cornwall to the Clyde, from dockyard alehouses to country estates. Today, its financial, architectural and societal legacies remain, scattered across the country in muse…