After abolition : Britain and the slave trade since 1807 / Marika Sherwood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sherwood, Marika.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slave trade--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Slave trade.

Slave trade--Great Britain--History--20th century.

History.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

ix, 246 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; New York : Distributed in the United States by Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The slave trade and slavery 5

Chapter 2 The tale of two cities built on slavery: Liverpool and Manchester 27

Chapter 3 Some British companies and slavery 58

Chapter 4 Cuba and Brazil 83

Chapter 5 Africa 111

Chapter 6 British people, government and Parliament 143

Appendix 1 British and European Acts of Parliament and international treaties regarding slavery 178

Appendix 2 Some slave traders on the West African coast and in Liverpool 186

Appendix 3 Samples of information reaching the British government and Parliament 197.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [201]-241) and index.

ISBN:

1845113659

9781845113650

OCLC:

74525317