Slavery, Family, and Gentry Capitalism in the British Atlantic: The World of the Lascelles, 1648-1834

by S.D. Smith

Book Overview

From the mid-seventeenth century to the 1830s, successful gentry capitalists created an extensive business empire centered on slavery in the West Indies, but inter-linked with North America, Africa, and Europe. S. D. Smith examines the formation of this British Atlantic World from the perspective of Yorkshire aristocratic families who invested in the West Indies. At the heart of the book lies a case study of the plantation-owning Lascelles and the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521143004
• ISBN13: 9780521143004
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"