Slavery and the British Empire

by Kenneth Morgan

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199238995
• ISBN13: 9780199238996
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"