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Sinews of empire: a short history of British slavery
Michael Craton-
Frontmatter
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PREFACE (page ix)
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INTRODUCTION (page xi)
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1. ORIGINS: The need; The supply; Forerunners (page 1)
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2. ORGANIZATION: Over-all pattern of the slave trade; Monopoly vs. free trade; West Africa; Middle Passage; Destinations (page 43)
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3. SLAVES IN THE ECONOMY: Slave-trading profits; Employment; Plantation capitalization and profits; Colonial slavery and the metropolis (page 109)
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4. SLAVE SOCIETY: Caste; Attitudes and the law; Slave conditions; The creole whites; Creolization of the slaves; Alienation and accommodation (page 157)
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5. MOUNTING ATTACK AND REARGUARD ACTION: Outline of the debate; The roots of opposition; Abolition---the parliamentary campaign; From abolition to emancipation; Apprenticeship, 1834-38 (page 239)
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6. AFTERMATH AND LEGACIES: The fading impulse of philanthropy; The colonial freedmen: optimism, 1838-46; The colonial freedmen: decline, 1846-1945; Lingering traces; Present and future (page 285)
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NOTES (page 337)
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SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING AND RESEARCH (page 385)
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INDEX (page 399)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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IJAHS | 9.4 (1976): 681-387 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/217032 |
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Citable Link
Published: c1974
Publisher: Anchor Press
- 9780385063395 (paper)