A New World of Labor: The Development of Plantation Slavery in the British Atlantic 9780812245196, 0812245199

A New World of Labor: The Development of Plantation Slavery in the British Atlantic 9780812208313

A New World of Labor connects developments in seventeenth-century Britain with the British experience of slavery on the

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Reconstructing the Landscapes of Slavery: A Visual History of the Plantation in the Nineteenth-Century Atlantic World 1469663112, 9781469663111

Assessing a unique collection of more than eighty images, this innovative study of visual culture reveals the productive

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Competing Visions of Empire: Labor, Slavery, and the Origins of the British Atlantic Empire 9780300189445

Abigail L. Swingen’s insightful study provides a new framework for understanding the origins of the British Empire while

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The bonds of family: Slavery, commerce and culture in the British Atlantic world 9781526129499

Tracing the activities of a single extended family – the Hibberts – this book explores how slavery impacted on the socia

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Portrait of a Woman in Silk: Hidden Histories of the British Atlantic World 9780300220551

Through the story of a portrait of a woman in a silk dress, historian Zara Anishanslin embarks on a fascinating journey,

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In the Shadow of Slavery: Africa’s Botanical Legacy in the Atlantic World 9780520949539

The transatlantic slave trade forced millions of Africans into bondage. Until the early nineteenth century, African slav

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In the Shadow of Slavery: Africa’s Botanical Legacy in the Atlantic World 9780520257504, 0520257502

The transatlantic slave trade forced millions of Africans into bondage. Until the early nineteenth century, African slav

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From Slavery to Emancipation in the Atlantic World 9780714680255

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New Orleans in the Atlantic World 9780415849722

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Fragments of Empire: Capital, Slavery, and Indian Indentured Labor in the British Caribbean 9780812202427

Historians, by relying on biased sources, have perpetuated the acceptance of a privileged perspective on imperial Britis

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