Slavery, family, and gentry capitalism in the British Atlantic : the world of the Lascelles,1648-1834 / S.D. Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, S. D. (Simon David), 1964-

Series:

Cambridge studies in economic history. Second series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sugar trade.

History.

Slavery.

West Indies, British--Economic conditions--17th century.

West Indies, British--Economic conditions--18th century.

West Indies, British--Economic conditions--19th century.

West Indies, British--Race relations.

Slavery--West Indies, British--History.

Lascelles family.

Lascelles, E. (Edward), 1740-1820.

Lascelles, Edward Lascelles, Viscount, 1764-1814.

Lascelles, Henry, 1690-1753.

Sugar trade--West Indies, British--History.

Physical Description:

xv, 380 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Remembering and Forgetting 1

2 Halls and Vassalls 11

3 Rise of the Lascelles 43

4 Lascelles and Maxwell 54

5 The Gedney Clarkes 91

6 Merchants and Planters 139

7 A Labyrinth of Debt 177

8 Managing a West India Interest 226

9 The Enslaved Population 260

10 Between Black and White 317.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0521863384

OCLC:

62782145

Publisher Number:

9780521863384

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