Kingston, Jamaica: University Of West Indies Press
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
292 p, Presentation of empirical historical data on Britain’s transatlantic slave economy and society supports the legal claim that chattel slavery as established by the British state and sustained by citizens and governments was understood then as a crime, but political and moral outrage were silenced by the argument that the enslavement of black people was in Britain’s national interest. Slavery was invested in by the royal family, the government, the established church, most elite families, and large public institutions in the private and public sector. Citing the legal principles of unjust and criminal enrichment, the author presents a compelling argument for Britain’s payment of its black debt, a debt that it continues to deny .
Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
Originally published: 1944., 285 p, 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 powerful ideas in Capitalism and Slavery, published in 1944. In a new introduction, Colin Palmer assesses the lasting impact of Williams's groundbreaking work and analyzes the heated scholarly debates it generated when it first appeared.
Cateau,Heather (Author) and Carrington,Selwyn H. H. (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
2000
Published:
New York: P. Lang
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
247 p, Contents: Eric Williams and Howard university / John Hope Franklin -- The legacy of Eric Williams / George Lamming -- Eric Williams and his intellectual legacy / Colin Palmer -- Capitalism and slavery, fifty years after / Joseph Inikori -- Capitalism and slavery / Seymour Drescher -- William as historian / Andrew O'Shaughnessy -- Capitalism and slavery / Ibrahim Sundiata -- Economic aspects of the british trade in slaves / William Darity -- Planters, slaves and decline / David Ryden -- War, revolution and abolitionism, 1793-1806 / Claudius Fergus -- Globalization / Kari Levitt
Shepherd,Verene A. (Author) and Beckles,Hilary (Author)
Format:
Monograph
Publication Date:
2000
Published:
Princeton, NJ: Markus Wiener
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
1120 p, "Revised/ expanded version of the text 'Caribbean Slave Society and Economy.' Comprehensive, made up of 17 sections (each with its own introduction) of more than 70 articles." (Publisher)
