Overview :For the best part of three centuries the material well-being of the western world was dependent on slavery. Yet these systems were mainly br... Read More
Overview :James Walvin is an expert guide to the origins, development, eventual abolition, and legacies of the slave trade, focusing on the experience... Read More
Overview :Describes the history of how the 'Africa Trade' formed the backbone of the British Empire. This book retells the story of how the internatio... Read More
Overview :The terrible story of African slavery in the British colonies of the West Indies and North America is told with clarity and compassion in th... Read More
Overview :In this timely and readable new work, Walvin focuses not on abolitionism or the brutality and suffering of slavery, but on the resistance of... Read More
Overview :In the three centuries following Columbus's landfall in the Americas, slavery became a critical institution across swathes of both North and... Read More
Overview :A fascinating journey through the history of "Amazing Grace," one of the transatlantic world's most popular hymns and a powerful anthem for ... Read More
Overview :How did sugar grow from prize to pariah? Acclaimed historian James Walvin looks at the history of our collective sweet tooth, beginning with... Read More
Overview :When Henry Clarke died in 1907 his obituary described him as an Englishman, yet he had only spent the first 19 years of his life in England,... Read More
Overview :The first full review of the mass murder by crew members on the slave ship Zong and the lasting repercussions of this horrifying event On No... Read More
Overview :In this new and original interpretation of the barbaric world of slavery and of its historic end in April 1807, the parallel lives of three ... Read More
Overview :A comprehensive study of how slavery and enslaved people shaped the modern world. A World Transformed explores how slavery thrived at the he... Read More
Overview :Slavery in Small Things: Slavery and Modern Cultural Habits isthe first book to explore the long-range cultural legacy of slavery through co... Read More