The slave trade and the economic development of eighteenth- century Lancaster / Melinda Elder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Elder, Melinda, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slave trade--England--Lancaster--History--18th century.

Slave trade.

Slave trade--West Indies--History--18th century.

Lancaster (England)--Economic conditions.

Lancaster (England).

Lancaster (England)--Commerce--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2013.

Summary:

This book looks a the role of the slave trade in the economic development of 18th-Century Lancaster.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Lists of Tables, Graphs and Family Trees

List of Abbreviations

Preface

Introduction

Chapter I The Emergence and Establishment of the Lancaster Slave Trade

Chapter II Structure and Operation of the Lancaster Slave Trade

Chapter III The Slave Trade Operators

Chapter IV The Changing Role of the Slave Trade at Lancaster

Conclusion

Appendices

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-222) and index.

ISBN:

1-4744-6802-0