Capitalism and Slavery

Why read it

• You will weigh the claim that slavery's profits helped build British capitalism, rather than treating the two as unrelated stories
• You will see how the linked commerce of the colonial era shaped the Industrial Revolution that followed
• You will question the idea that capitalism and slavery were partners to the end, since the author says mature capitalism helped destroy the slave system

Who it is for

• History student studying the economic roots of industrialisation
• Reader weighing how modern wealth connects to colonial trade
• Teacher preparing a unit on the British Empire's economy

Contents

1. PREFACE
2. INTRODUCTION
3. 1 THE ORIGIN OF NEGRO SLAVERY
4. 2 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEGRO SLAVE TRADE
5. 3 BRITISH COMMERCE AND THE TRIANGULAR TRADE
6. 4 THE WEST INDIA INTEREST
7. 5 BRITISH INDUSTRY AND THE TRIANGULAR TRADE
8. 6 THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
9. 7 THE DEVELOPMENT OF BRITISH CAPITALISM 1783–1833
10. 8 THE NEW INDUSTRIAL ORDER
11. 9 BRITISH CAPITALISM AND THE WEST INDIES
12. 10 “THE COMMERCIAL PART OF THE NATION” AND SLAVERY
13. 11 THE “SAINTS” AND SLAVERY
14. 12 THE SLAVES AND SLAVERY
15. 13 CONCLUSION

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