Capitalism & slavery /

Slavery helped finance the Industrial Revolution in England. Plantation owners, shipbuilders, and merchants connected with the slave trade accumulated vast fortunes that established banks and heavy industry in Europe and expanded the reach of capitalism worldwide. Eric Williams advanced these powerf...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Williams, Eric Eustace, 1911-1981 (Author)
Other Authors: Darity, William A., Jr., 1953- (writer of foreword.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2021]
Edition:Third edition
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Industries > Great Britain > History.
Slave trade > Great Britain.
Esclaves > Commerce > Grande-Bretagne.
Economic history.
Industries.
Slave trade.
Great Britain > Economic conditions.
Grande-Bretagne > Conditions économiques.
Great Britain.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Colin A. Palmer
  • 1. The Origin of Negro Slavery
  • 2. The Development of the Negro Slave Trade
  • 3. British Commerce and the Triangular Trade
  • 4. The West India Interest
  • 5. British Industry and the Triangular Trade
  • 6. The American Revolution
  • 7. The Development of British Capitalism, 1783-1833
  • 8. The New Industrial Order
  • 9. British Capitalism and the West Indies
  • 10. "The Commercial Part of the Nation" and Slavery
  • 11. The "Saints" and Slavery
  • 12. The Slaves and Slavery
  • 13. Conclusion.

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