The economic aspect of the abolition of the West Indian slave trade and slavery / Eric Williams ; edited by Dale W. Tomich ; introduction by William Darity Jr.

Slavery helped finance the Industrial Revolution in England. Plantation owners, shipbuilders, and merchants connected with the slave trade accumulated vast fortunes that established banks and heavy industry in Europe and expanded the reach of capitalism worldwide. Eric Williams advanced these powerf...

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Main Author: Williams, Eric Eustace, 1911-1981 (Author)
Other Authors: Tomich, Dale W., 1946- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.
Series:World social change.
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