Britain's Slave Traders

William A. Pettigrew

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This work combines forensic new research with vivid and compelling narrative to provide an entirely new history of Britain that for the first time clarifies the true significance of the transatlantic trade in enslaved Africans to Britain's development as a modern nation. Between the birth of the trade in the 16th century and its abolition in 1807, Britain derived vast wealth from the traffic in Africans from West Africa to the Americas - but until now the people who conceived, designed and engineered that trade have been largely unknown to us. As a result, it has been impossible to trace where the wealth derived from slavery went, what purposes it was put to, who it empowered and what it enabled.


Author(s): Pettigrew, William A.
Binding: Hardback
Date of Publication: 24/09/2026
Pagination: 432 pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: The Bodley Head
Published By: Vintage Publishing
Book Classification: Slavery & abolition of slavery|Social & cultural history|Colonialism & imperialism|European history
Dimensions: 243 x 164 x 36
Weight: 640
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781847927903

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