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Tracing the activities of a single extended family - the Hibberts - this book explores how slavery impacted on the social, cultural, economic and political landscape of Britain. It is both the intimate narrative of a family and an analytical frame through which to explore Britain's history and legacies of slavery.
List of contents
Introduction: Family matters - slavery, commerce, and culture
Part I: Family business - commerce, commodities, and credit
1. Manchester
2. Jamaica
3. London
Part II: Family politics - defending the slave trade and slavery
4. Defending the slave trade
5. Defending slavery
Part III: Family culture - domesticating slavery
6. Intimate relations: the colony and the metropole
7. Consuming passions: Collecting and connoisseurship
8. The culture of refinement: Country houses and philanthropy
Epilogue: Family legacies - after abolition
Select bibliography
Index
About the author
Katie Donington is Lecturer in History at London South Bank University
Summary
Tracing the activities of a single extended family – the Hibberts – this book explores how slavery impacted on the social, cultural, economic and political landscape of Britain. It is both the intimate narrative of a family and an analytical frame through which to explore Britain’s history and legacies of slavery. -- .
