{"product_id":"slavery-and-the-british-empire-kenneth-morgan-9780199238996","title":"Slavery and the British Empire","description":"\u003cem\u003eSlavery and the British Empire\u003c\/em\u003e provides a clear overview of the entire history of British involvement with slavery and the slave trade, from the Cape Colony to the Caribbean. The book combines economic, social, political, cultural, and demographic history, with a particular focus on the Atlantic world and the plantations of North America and the West Indies from the mid-seventeenth century onwards. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKenneth Morgan analyses the distribution of slaves within the empire and how this changed over time; the world of merchants and planters; the organization and impact of the triangular slave trade; the work and culture of the enslaved; slave demography; health and family life; resistance and rebellions; the impact of the anti-slavery movement; and the abolition of the British slave trade in 1807 and of slavery itself in most of the British empire in 1834. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs well as providing the ideal introduction to the history of British involvement in the slave trade, this book also shows just how deeply embedded slavery was in British domestic and imperial history - and just how long it took for British involvement in slavery to die, even after emancipation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kenneth Morgan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0199238995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199238996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/03\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.69d","brand":"Kenneth Morgan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44054702424319,"sku":"9780199238996","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1fe18150-5084-4979-b085-867650337b99.jpg?v=1685031492","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/slavery-and-the-british-empire-kenneth-morgan-9780199238996","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}