The Mighty Experiment: Free Labor Versus Slavery in British Emancipation

by Seymour Drescher

Book Overview

By the mid-eighteenth century, the transatlantic slave trade was considered to be a necessary and stabilizing factor in the capitalist economies of Europe and the expanding Americas. Britain was the most influential power in this system which seemed to have the potential for unbounded growth. In 1833, the British empire became the first to liberate its slaves and then to become a driving force toward global emancipation. There has been endless debate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195176294
• ISBN13: 9780195176292
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"