Not Made By Slaves - Ethical Capitalism in the Age of Abolition

Not Made by Slaves describes the efforts of early-nineteenth-century businesses to end plantation slavery by promoting commerce in "legitimate" goods. Exploring the work of activists and businesses, Bronwen Everill adds an important dimension to the history of capitalism and its development under slavery.

About the author

Bronwen Everill is the 1973 College Lecturer in History at Gonville & Caius College and Director of the Centre of African Studies at the University of Cambridge. She is the author of Abolition and Empire in Sierra Leone and Liberia and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

Summary

Not Made by Slaves describes the efforts of early-nineteenth-century businesses to end plantation slavery by promoting commerce in “legitimate” goods. Exploring the work of activists and businesses, Bronwen Everill adds an important dimension to the history of capitalism and its development under slavery.

Product details

• Authors: Bronwen Everill, Everill Bronwen
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2020
• EAN: 9780674240988
• ISBN: 978-0-674-24098-8
• No. of pages: 328
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; European History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY / Africa / West, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), Economic history, Popular economics, British & Irish history, United States of America, USA, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, African History, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Specific wars and campaigns, c 1860 to c 1869, Civil wars, American Civil War