Slavery Obscured: The Social History of the Slave Trade in an English Provincial Port

by Madge Dresser

Slavery Obscured aims to assess how the slave trade affected the social life and cultural outlook of the citizens of a major English city, and contends that its impact was more profound than has previously been acknowledged. Based on original research in archives in Britain and America, this title builds on scholarship in the economic history of the slave trade to ask questions about the way slave-derived wealth underpinned the city of Bristol's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474291694
• ISBN13: 9781474291699
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"