Slavery, Atlantic Trade and the British Economy, 16601800 (New Studies in Economic and Social History)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9780521582131
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1500 to c 1700; British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900; Economic History; Slavery & emancipation; c 1600 to c 1700; c 1700 to c 1800; Europe - Great Britain - General; Slave trade; Slavery; Business & Economics; History - General History; History: World; British Isles; United Kingdom, Great Britain; General; International - General; Business & Economics / Economic History; Business & Economics-Economic History; Business & Economics-International - General; History / General; Discrimination & Racism; 17th century; 18th century; Commerce; Great Britain; History
First sentence: The starting point for examining connections between slavery, Atlantic trade and the British economy in the period 1660-1800 lies in the broad reasons for colonial settlement by the English in the seventeenth century and the emergence of slavery as the principal form of large-scale labour organisation in the Atlantic colonies.