Slavery and the British Empire
Subtitle: From Africa to America
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; Oxford University Press
Published: January 11, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9780192892911
Subjects: African history: c 1500 to c 1900; American history: c 1500 to c 1800; British & Irish history: c 1500 to c 1700; British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900; Slavery & emancipation; c 1600 to c 1700; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; History; History - General History; History: World; Africa; British Empire; The Americas; History / World; Africa - General; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; World - General
Description: "This book provides a clear overview of the entire history of British involvement with slavery and the slave trade, from the Cape Colony to the Caribbean. Covering over two centuries and four continents, the book combines economic, social, political, cultural, and demographic history, with a particular focus on the Atlantic world and the plantations of North America and the West Indies from the mid-seventeenth century onwards. As well as providing the idea introduction to the history of British involvement in the slave trade, this book also shows just how deeply embedded slavery was in British domestic and imperial history - and just how long it took for British involvement in slavery to die, even after emancipation."--BOOK JACKET.