Unfree labour in the development of the Atlantic world
By: edited by Paul E. Lovejoy and Nicholas Rogers.
Contributors: Lovejoy, Paul E.; Rogers, Nicholas.
Series: Studies in slave and post-slave societies and cultures
Publisher: Frank Cass
Published: 1994
Place of publication: London; Portland, Ore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
Subjects: Slavery -- North Atlantic Region -- History.; Slavery -- South Atlantic Ocean Region -- History.; Forced labor -- North Atlantic Region -- History.; Forced labor -- South Atlantic Ocean Region -- History.; Colonies -- America -- History.; Colonies -- Africa -- History.; Labor laws and legislation, Colonial -- History.
Description: Between 1500 and 1900, the various parts of the Atlantic world became increasingly integrated into an expanding capitalist economy. This collection of essays examines the different forms of unfree labour that contributed to the development of this world and, by extension, the debates and protests that emerged concerning labour servitude and the abolition of slavery in the West.

Comparative in perspective, the essays focus on particular regions (Africa, Britain, the Caribbean and Amerindia) and on specific types of labour (slavery, pawnship, impressment, tribute, indentured and contract labour) in ways that transcend traditional areas of specialization. Together they offer new insight into the patterns and intensity of labour servitude in the West and into the relationships between core and peripheral areas of the first capital world economy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This group of studies first appeared in a special issue on 'Unfree labour in the development of the Atlantic world' in Slavery & abolition, vol. 15, no. 2 (August 1994), published by Frank Cass"--T.p. verso.