{"product_id":"heiresses-miranda-kaufmann-9781639368297","title":"Heiresses: The Women Who Brought Caribbean Slavery Home","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom Jamaica to Charleston, Sierra Leone to Bombay, China to Australia, back to England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, this is the story of the heiresses--and the role they played in the history of enslavement.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, it was a fact universally acknowledged that any man in want of a great fortune ought find himself a Caribbean heiress. Their assets, the product of the exploitation of enslaved Africans, enabled them to marry into the top tiers of the aristocracy and attracted the attention of fortune-hunters. They fell in love (not always with their husbands), eloped, divorced, squandered fortunes, threw parties, went mad and (in once case) faked a daughter's death. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her much anticipated follow up to \u003ci\u003eBlack Tudors\u003c\/i\u003e, Miranda Kaufmann peers beneath our pastel-hued, Jane Austen inspired image of the Georgian heiress to reveal a murky world of inheritance, fortune-hunting and human exploitation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUncovering the lives of nine women who made their fortunes in the Caribbean slave trade, \u003ci\u003eHeiresses\u003c\/i\u003e provides a compelling and often shocking account of how Britain profited and continues to profit from the slave trade. In the vein of \u003ci\u003eEmpireland\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNatives\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhite Debt\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHeiresses\u003c\/i\u003e promises a meticulously researched and readable exploration of the darker side of British history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Miranda Kaufmann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1639368299\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639368297\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pegasus Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs","brand":"Miranda Kaufmann","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46465642529023,"sku":"9781639368297","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f97654a8-a744-47b5-8733-7fba93247bc3.jpg?v=1736346859","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/heiresses-miranda-kaufmann-9781639368297","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}