Slave Wales: The Welsh and Atlantic Slavery, 1660-1850

by Chris Evans

Between the mid-fifteenth and the mid-nineteenth centuries, nearly twelve million Africans were enslaved and transported across the Atlantic to colonies in North and South America and the West Indies. With Slave Wales, Chris Evans traces the role that Wales and the Welsh played in this infamous trade. Evans reveals that many of these slaves were purchased with commodities like copper and brass that originated in Wales. He also shows that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0708323030
• ISBN13: 9780708323038
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Length: 159 Pages