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Slavery and the British Empire : from Africa to America / Kenneth Morgan.

By: Morgan, Kenneth, 1953- [author.]Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2007] 2007Description: viii, 221 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 22 cmContent type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume001: BDZ0007905791ISBN: 9780192892911 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Slavery -- Colonies -- History. -- Great Britain | Slavery -- History. -- Great Britain | Slave trade -- Colonies -- History. -- Great Britain | Slave trade -- History. -- Great Britain | Society | Society & culture: general | General & world history | African history | European history | History of the Americas | History | History | Slavery & abolition of slavery | British Empire | 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799 | 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899 | Linguistics | Ethnic studies | Social & cultural history | Africa | Relating to African American peopleDDC classification: 306.36209171241 LOC classification: HT1165 | .M6 2007
Contents:
Preface; Introduction; 1. Slavery and the Slave Trade; 2. Merchants and Planters; 3. The Triangular Trade; 4. Slave Demography and Family Life; 5. Work, Law, and Culture; 6. Slave Resistance and Rebellion; 7. The Abolition of the British Slave Trade; 8. Slave Emancipation; Epilogue; Select Bibliography
Summary: An introduction to the history of British involvement with slavery and the slave trade, with a special focus on the two centuries from 1650, this book covers the Atlantic world, especially North America and the West Indies, as well as the Cape Colony, Mauritius, and India. Slavery and the British Empire provides a clear overview of the entire history of British involvement with slavery and the slave trade, from the Cape Colony to the Caribbean. 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. Kenneth Morgan analyses the distribution of slaves within the empire and how this changed over time; the world of merchants and planters; the organization and impact of the triangular slave trade; the work and culture of the enslaved; slave demography; health and family life; resistance and rebellions; the impact of the anti-slavery movement; and the abolition of the British slave trade in 1807 and of slavery itself in most of the British empire in 1834. As well as providing the ideal 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.

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Slavery and the British Empire provides a clear overview of the entire history of British involvement with slavery and the slave trade, from the Cape Colony to the Caribbean. 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.

Kenneth Morgan analyses the distribution of slaves within the empire and how this changed over time; the world of merchants and planters; the organization and impact of the triangular slave trade; the work and culture of the enslaved; slave demography; health and family life; resistance and rebellions; the impact of the anti-slavery movement; and the abolition of the British slave trade in 1807 and of slavery itself in most of the British empire in 1834.

As well as providing the ideal 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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface; Introduction; 1. Slavery and the Slave Trade; 2. Merchants and Planters; 3. The Triangular Trade; 4. Slave Demography and Family Life; 5. Work, Law, and Culture; 6. Slave Resistance and Rebellion; 7. The Abolition of the British Slave Trade; 8. Slave Emancipation; Epilogue; Select Bibliography

An introduction to the history of British involvement with slavery and the slave trade, with a special focus on the two centuries from 1650, this book covers the Atlantic world, especially North America and the West Indies, as well as the Cape Colony, Mauritius, and India. Slavery and the British Empire provides a clear overview of the entire history of British involvement with slavery and the slave trade, from the Cape Colony to the Caribbean. 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. Kenneth Morgan analyses the distribution of slaves within the empire and how this changed over time; the world of merchants and planters; the organization and impact of the triangular slave trade; the work and culture of the enslaved; slave demography; health and family life; resistance and rebellions; the impact of the anti-slavery movement; and the abolition of the British slave trade in 1807 and of slavery itself in most of the British empire in 1834. As well as providing the ideal 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.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1 Slavery and the Slave Trade
  • 2 Merchants and Planters
  • 3 The Triangular Trade4
  • 5 Work, Law, and Culture
  • 6 Slave Resistance and Rebellion
  • 7 The Abolition of the British Slave Trade
  • 8 Slave Emancipation
  • Epilogue
  • Select Bibliography

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