Mr Atkinson's Rum Contract

Atkinson, R

ISBN 10: 0007509243 / ISBN 13: 9780007509249

Published by 4th Estate, UK, 2020

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Intriguing account of how the author found out about and researched his slave plantation owning ancestors. Contains a note from the author angling for a review. pp471, maps. This is an ARC edition.

Seller Inventory # 013040

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mr Atkinson's Rum Contract
• Publisher: 4th Estate, UK
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0007509243
• ISBN 13: 9780007509249
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

The chance discovery of a box of old letters prompted Richard Atkinson to research his familyâ€s history. It led him to his ancestor, also called Richard Atkinson, who amassed a fortune supplying the British army during the American War of Independence, and whose early death was followed by a protracted court battle over his inheritance. Disturbingly, it also revealed the familyâ€s involvement in the slave trade. Off-mint