New England Plantations: Commerce and Slavery (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781540247056)

From the first settlements within New England, the developing colonies of British North America became inextricably linked to slavery. The region supplied critical goods to the sugar plantations established by British planters in the West Indies. The northern colonies established their own slave plantations to supply the growing demand for goods that led to unparalleled growth in commerce and to the subsequent involvement in the triangle trade. As these northern plantations diminished at the close of the eighteenth century, the rise of textile manufacturing continued to tie the region to slavery. Historian Robert A. Geake explores the familial and economic ties that bound New England and the South into the Civil War.

Author: Robert a. Geake
ISBN-10: 1540247058
ISBN-13: 9781540247056
Publisher: History PR
Language: English
Published: 04/19/2021
Pages: 178
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.44d