The University of Cambridge in the age of Atlantic slavery / Nicolas Bell-Romero.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bell-Romero, Nicolas, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

University of Cambridge--History.

University of Cambridge.

Slave trade--Great Britain--History.

Slave trade.

Enslaved persons--Great Britain--History.

Enslaved persons.

Universities and colleges--Great Britain--Colonies--History.

Universities and colleges.

Antislavery movements--Great Britain--History.

Antislavery movements.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2026.

Summary:

"In this powerful history of the University of Cambridge, Nicolas Bell-Romero considers the nature and extent of Britain's connections to enslavement. His research moves beyond traditional approaches which focus on direct and indirect economic ties to enslavement or on the slave trading hubs of Liverpool and Bristol. From the beginnings of North American colonisation to the end of the American Civil War, the story of Cambridge reveals the vast spectrum of interconnections that university students, alumni, fellows, professors, and benefactors had to Britain's Atlantic slave empire - in dining halls, debating chambers, scientific societies or lobby groups. Following the stories of these middling and elite men as they became influential agents around the empire, Bell-Romero uncovers the extent to which the problem of slavery was an inextricable feature of social, economic, cultural, and intellectual life"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

‘The principal ingredient necessary to form a good planter’ : Education and the making of a transatlantic elite

‘The highe priest hath banished you forth’ : Missionary Protestantism and the origins of the British Empire

‘The glory of their times’ : Natural philosophy, the law, and the spoils of empire

‘Several university gentlemen, who have quite altered their tone’ : The problem of the British slave trade

‘Those who wish to see the slave system decline, and at length gradually and safely’ : The ambitions of Cambridge abolitionism

‘We presume that its influence is nowhere greater than in the universities’ : Ending and defending American slavery,

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 23, 2025).

Other Format:

Print version: Bell-Romero, Nicolas University of Cambridge in the age of Atlantic slavery

ISBN:

9781009652582

1009652583

OCLC:

1504321936

Access Restriction:

Some versions: Open access versions available from some providers open access