Edmund Burke and the British Empire in the West Indies - Wealth, Power, and Slavery

List of contents

• Introduction


• Part I: The Spoils of the Seven Years War


• 1: William Burke and Guadeloupe: the Lost Colony


• 2: Richard Burke and Grenada: the Revenues of the Crown


• 3: Richard Burke and St Vincent: Carib Land and Carib War


• Part II: Managing an Interest


• 4: The Making of the Free Ports Act


• 5: The West Indies and the American Crisis


• 6: The Working of the Slave Trade: Bristol and the Company of Merchants


• 7: The Negro Code


• 8: Abolition, Revolution, and Renewed War


• Conclusion

About the author

P. J. Marshall taught at King's College, London, from 1959 until his retirement in 1993 as Rhodes Professor of Imperial History. He is a past President of the Royal Historical Society and a Fellow of the British Academy.

Summary

In the later eighteenth century, the West Indian sugar islands were a source of conspicuous wealth for some individuals and an important addition to the resources of Great Britain. This book examines Edmund Burke's long involvement with the West Indies, examining his conflicted attitudes to slavery and the maintenance of Britain's imperial reach.

Additional text

Edmund Burke and the British Empire in the West Indies provides the most comprehensive historical portrait to date of Burke's views on slavery and of his wider participation in the politics of the British West Indies. Whereas Burke's attitudes toward the American and Indian colonies are by now familiar to Burke readers and the informed public, Marshall's book has unlocked a new trove of material and insights that will sharpen our understanding of his engagement with Britain's Caribbean possessions.

Product details

• Authors: P. J. Marshall, P. J. (Professor Emeritus Marshall
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.07.2019
• EAN: 9780198841203
• ISBN: 978-0-19-884120-3
• No. of pages: 258
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), British Empire, HISTORY / Modern / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, Colonialism & imperialism, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Colonialism and imperialism, History of the Americas, C 1700 To C 1800, West Indies