Freedom's Debt : The Royal African Company and the Politics of the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1672-1752 /

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"In the years following the Glorious Revolution, independent slave traders challenged the charter of the Royal African Company by asserting their natural rights as Britons to trade freely in enslaved Africans. In this comprehensive history of the rise and fall of the RAC, William A. Pettigrew g...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Pettigrew, William A. (William Andrew), 1978- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill [North Carolina] : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Royal African Company.
Royal African Company > History.
Slavery > Law and legislation.
Slave trade.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
HISTORY > United States > Colonial Period (1600-1775)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
Esclaves > Commerce > Aspect politique > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 17e siecle.
Esclaves > Commerce > Aspect politique > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Esclaves > Commerce > Afrique > Histoire.
Esclaves > Commerce > Antilles britanniques > Histoire.
Slave trade > Political aspects > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Slave trade > Political aspects > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Slave trade > Africa > History.
Slave trade > West Indies, British > History.
Slavery > Law and legislation > Great Britain > History.
West Indies > British West Indies.
Great Britain.
Africa.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue: "This African Monster"
  • Part One. Deregulation, 1672-1712
  • The Politics of Slave-Trade Escalation, 1672-1712
  • The Interests : "A Well-Governed Army of Veteran Troops" versus "an Undefinable Heteroclite Body" of "Pirates" and "Buccaneers"
  • The Ideas : Challenging "The Tales of ... Mandevil"
  • The Strategies : "As Witches Do the Devil"
  • Part Two. Re-regulation, 1712-1752
  • The Outcomes : Tropical Burlesques
  • The Legacies : Free to Enslave
  • Epilogue: Confused Commemorations
  • Appendix 1: Data Supplements for Annual Slave-Trading Voyages, 1672-1752
  • Appendix 2: A Directory of Independent Slave Traders, 1672-1712
  • Appendix 3: A Directory of Lobbying Independent Traders, 1678-1713
  • Appendix 4: A Directory of Royal African Company Directors, 1672-1750
  • Appendix 5: Africa Trade Petitions to Parliament on the Royal African Company's Monopoly, 1690-1752.

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