This book considers the impact of slavery and Atlantic trade on British economic development during the beginning of British industrialization. Kenneth Morgan investigates five key areas within the topic that have been subject to historical debate: the profits of the slave trade; slavery, capital accumulation and British economic development; exports and transatlantic markets; the role of business institutions; and the contribution of Atlantic trade to the growth of British ports. This stimulating and accessible book provides essential reading for students of slavery and the slave trade, and British economic history.
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"Kenneth Morgan's Slavery, Atlantic Trade and the British Economy is a concise, readable summary of the debate about the significance of slave-based Atlantic trade to British economic growth in the eighteenth century. He has condensed some often complicated economic discussions into straightforward prose. The book is of value to upper-level students in Atlantic history and specialists in the field." International Journal of Maritime History
" As a work in summary it is written with clarity and elegance that does not weaken the analytical integrity and their discursive context." Albion
" As a work in summary it is written with clarity and elegance that does not weaken the analytical integrity and their discursive context." Albion
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This book considers the impact of slavery and Atlantic trade on British economic development during the beginning of British industrialisation. Kenneth Morgan investigates five key areas within the topic that have been subject to historical debate: the profits of the slave trade; slavery, capital accumulation and British economic development; exports and transatlantic markets; the role of business institutions; and the contribution of Atlantic trade to the growth of British ports. This stimulating and accessible book provides essential reading for students of slavery and the slave trade, and British economic history.
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The starting point for examining connections between slavery, Atlantic trade and the British economy in the period 1660-1800 lies in the broad reasons for colonial settlement by the English in the seventeenth century and the emergence of slavery as the principal form of large-scale labour organisation in the Atlantic colonies. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
west coast outports, slave trade profits, slave trading profits, manufactured wares, tobacco lords, transatlantic markets, transatlantic commerce, early industrialisation, oceanic trade, transatlantic trade, foreign capital flows Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
West Indies, North America, British Caribbean, West Indian, American Revolution, British Empire, New York, United States, Eric Williams, Great Britain, New World, British America, Seven Years War, Spanish America, English Channel, American War of Independence, Britain's Atlantic, New England, Ralph Davis, Wilson Williams New!
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The starting point for examining connections between slavery, Atlantic trade and the British economy in the period 1660-1800 lies in the broad reasons for colonial settlement by the English in the seventeenth century and the emergence of slavery as the principal form of large-scale labour organisation in the Atlantic colonies. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
west coast outports, slave trade profits, slave trading profits, manufactured wares, tobacco lords, transatlantic markets, transatlantic commerce, early industrialisation, oceanic trade, transatlantic trade, foreign capital flows Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
West Indies, North America, British Caribbean, West Indian, American Revolution, British Empire, New York, United States, Eric Williams, Great Britain, New World, British America, Seven Years War, Spanish America, English Channel, American War of Independence, Britain's Atlantic, New England, Ralph Davis, Wilson Williams New!
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- Capitalism and Slavery by Eric Williams on 20 pages
- The Industrial Revolution (Events and Outcomes) by Nigel Smith on page 24, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Economic History of Britain Since 1700, Volume 3: 1939-1992 by Roderick Floud in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Royal African Company by K. G. Davies on page 9, page 41, and Back Matter
- Africa and the Rise of Capitalism by Wilson Williams on page 32, and Back Matter
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- The British Atlantic World 1500-1800 (Problems in Focus) by David Armitage in Back Matter
- The British Atlantic World 1500-1800 by David Armitage in Back Matter
- The Early Modern Atlantic Economy by John J. McCusker on page 38
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