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Britain´s Slave Empire
James Walvin
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Description for Britain´s Slave Empire
Paperback. Describes the history of how the 'Africa Trade' formed the backbone of the British Empire. This book retells the story of how the international commodity market in Africans operated, how transportation of millions of Africans over thousands of miles developed and how the experience affected slaves both in bondage and then in freedom. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 230.
Describes the history of how the 'Africa Trade' formed the backbone of the British Empire. This book retells the story of how the international commodity market in Africans operated, how transportation of millions of Africans over thousands of miles developed and how the experience affected slaves both in bondage and then in freedom.
Product Details
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752444277
SKU
V9780752444277
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-5
About James Walvin
James Walvin is Professor of History at the University of York. He has written extensively on the history of slavery and is the author of Black Ivory: A History of Black Slavery ('Narrative history at its best' The Daily Telegraph, 'Black Ivory takes its place alondside Roy Foster's Modern Ireland and Simon Schama's Citizens as representing the best in recent ... Read more
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