Liverpool and Transatlantic Slavery - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1846310660 ISBN 13: 9781846310669

Publisher: Liverpool University Press, 2008

Synopsis

As Britain’s dominant port for the slave trade in the eighteenth century, Liverpool is crucial to the study of slavery. And as the engine behind Liverpool’s rapid growth and prosperity, slavery left an indelible mark on the history of the city. This collection of essays, boasting an international roster of leading scholars in the field, sets Liverpool in the wider context of transatlantic slavery. The contributors tackle a range of issues, including African agency, slave merchants and their society, and the abolitionist movement, always with an emphasis on the human impact of slavery.

About this title

About the Author:

David Richardson is professor of economic history at the University of Hull and coeditor of Routes to Slavery: Direction, Ethnicity, and Mortality in the Transatlantic Slave Trade.Anthony Tibbles is Keeper of the Merseyside Maritime Museum.Suzanne Schwarz is professor of history at Liverpool Hope University and author of Slave Captain: The Career of James Irving, soon to be republished by Liverpool University Press.

Review:

Liverpool and the Transatlantic Slave Trade will be undoubtedly of use to anyone who has more than a passing interest in the role the African slave trade played in developing one of the Atlantic World's most prominent ports. * African History, Volume 49 * This is a book of substance that offers both new insights and information, and which, at its best, contextualizes the city in its regional and its global context. As such, it enriches our understanding both of Liverpool's and Britain's involvement in the transatlantic slave system. * H-Net Reviews * What Liverpool and Transatlantic Slavery offers is a close, careful and highly quantitative analysis of the multiple factors that contributed to Liverpool's ascendancy in turn shaped attitudes and aspirations both abroad and at home. * International Journal of African Historical Studies, Volume 41, Number 2 * ... anyone seeking a clear, balanced and thoughtful presentation of the issues surrounding one of the most shameful episodes of human history could not do better than to arm themselves with a copy of this absorbing and well-edited book. * Urban History Volume 35/3 * The volume is recommended to researchers and students interested in better understanding Liverpool's place in the history of British slavery and the slave trade. * The Journal of African American History * This book is an important addition to the rapidly growing literature on the Atlantic slave trade. * American Historical Review *

About this edition

• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1846310660
• ISBN 13: 9781846310669
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Richardson David, Tibbles Anthony, Schwarz Suzanne