Bristol and the Birth of the Atlantic Economy, 1500-1700
Bristol and the Birth of the Atlantic Economy, 1500-1700

Author: Richard Stone

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

Published: 2024-06-18

Total Pages: 267

ISBN-13: 1837650535

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Analyses data from the Bristol Port Books to rewrite the history of trade in Bristol, including the city's early involvement with the slave trade. The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were a transformative period for global commerce, with the principal focus of England's trade shifting away from trade with Europe, primarily in woollen cloth, to a new Atlantic system, with trade in a diverse range of commodities. Based on the fantastically detailed Bristol Port Books, previously thought impenetrable, and using new computer technology to analyse the vast amount of data, this book provides the first long duration history of a major Atlantic port in this period. It rewrites the history of Bristol's trade, overturning much established thinking, for example showing that trade flourished in the late Tudor and early Stuart period, demonstrating that Bristol was involved in the slave trade much earlier than was previously thought and charting the growth of commerce with North America and the Caribbean from nothing to three quarters of Bristol's imports in the short period from the 1630s to the 1650s. Overall, the book represents a major contribution to understanding how the Atlantic economy worked and how it developed in this crucial period.

Slavery, Atlantic Trade and the British Economy, 1660–1800
Slavery, Atlantic Trade and the British Economy, 1660–1800

Author: Kenneth Morgan

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2001-01-04

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13: 1316583813

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This book considers the impact of slavery and Atlantic trade on British economic development in the generations between the restoration of the Stuart monarchy and the era of the Younger Pitt. During this period Britain's trade became 'Americanised' and industrialisation began to occur in the domestic economy. The slave trade and the broader patterns of Atlantic commerce contributed important dimensions of British economic growth although they were more significant for their indirect, qualitative contribution than for direct quantitative gains. Kenneth Morgan investigates five key areas within the topic that have been subject to historical debate: the profits of the slave trade; slavery, capital accumulation and British economic development; exports and transatlantic markets; the role of business institutions; and the contribution of Atlantic trade to the growth of British ports. This stimulating and accessible book provides essential reading for students of slavery and the slave trade, and British economic history.

Baltic Iron in the Atlantic World in the Eighteenth Century
Baltic Iron in the Atlantic World in the Eighteenth Century

Author: Chris Evans

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 393

ISBN-13: 9004161538

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This book looks at the one of the key commercial links between the Baltic and Atlantic worlds in the eighteenth century - the export of Swedish and Russian iron to Britain - and its role in the making of the modern world.

The British Transatlantic Slave Trade Vol 1
The British Transatlantic Slave Trade Vol 1

Author: Kenneth Morgan

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2022-01-26

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 1000559548

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Contains primary texts relating to the British slave trade in the 17th and 18th century. The first volume contains two 18th-century texts covering the slave trade in Africa. Volume two focuses on the work of the Royal African company, and volumes three and four focus on the abolitionists' struggle.

Liverpool and Transatlantic Slavery
Liverpool and Transatlantic Slavery

Author: David Richardson

Publisher: Liverpool University Press

Published: 2007-01-01

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 1846310660

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As Britain’s dominant port for the slave trade in the eighteenth century, Liverpool is crucial to the study of slavery. And as the engine behind Liverpool’s rapid growth and prosperity, slavery left an indelible mark on the history of the city. This collection of essays, boasting an international roster of leading scholars in the field, sets Liverpool in the wider context of transatlantic slavery. The contributors tackle a range of issues, including African agency, slave merchants and their society, and the abolitionist movement, always with an emphasis on the human impact of slavery.