The Trader, the Owner, the Slave

Informationen zum Autor James Walvin is the Emeritus Professor of History at the University of York. He has published widely on slavery and the slave trade. His book Black and White won the Martin Luther King Memorial Prize and his book on the Quakers was named as a 'Notable Book of the Year' by the New York Times . Walvin's book The People's Game has long been the standard work on the history of football. Klappentext James Walvin is the Emeritus Professor of History at the University of York. He has published widely on slavery and the slave trade. His book Black and White won the Martin Luther King Memorial Prize and his book on the Quakers was named as a 'Notable Book of the Year' by the New York Times . Walvin's book The People's Game has long been the standard work on the history of football. Zusammenfassung James Walvin offers a new and an original interpretation of the barbaric world of slavery and of the historic end to the slave trade in April 1807. John Newton (1725-1807), author of 'Amazing Grace', was a slave captain who marshalled his human cargoes with a brutality that he looked back on with shame and contrition.

Product details

• Authors: James Walvin, Professor James Walvin
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.02.2008
• EAN: 9780712667630
• ISBN: 978-0-7126-6763-0
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Black & Asian Studies, Slavery and abolition of slavery