- Hardcover: 192 pages
- Publisher: Channel 4 Books; Hardback edition (8 Oct 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0752217852
- ISBN-13: 978-0752217857
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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- #32 in Books > History > Other Historical Subjects > Slavery
- #64 in Books > Music, Stage & Screen > Film > History of Film > Britain
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Europe has reaped the rewards whilst Africa has suffered the costs of the slave trade. This is clearly demonstrated in the highly readable accompaniment to a Channel 4 television series, Britain's Slave Trade, which provides an intriguing illustration of how events that have become disassociated from mainstream history show in the face of modern Britain. S.I. Martin reveals how the slaving legacy extends to Britain's politics, to the industrial and architectural heritage, to high street banks and to the genetics of the current population. He does not shy away from slavery's shocking cruelty or from sensitive issues, such as the role of Africans in the trade. He also examines the abolition movement, stressing the importance of Black radicals and pointing out that the advantages of abolition for the British went beyond the humanitarian. General historical background is combined with short studies of specific individuals and places, incorporating substantial quotations from Europeans and Africans--from historical figures, from modern scholars and from living descendants of slaves and slavers. For a relatively brief book, Britain's Slave Trade manages to provide wide coverage in both time and in its range of topics. It is concerned about the future as well as the past, offering a hope that a more complete awareness of the legacy of slavery may be a force for closer social unity. --Karen Tiley.
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Basing its structure on the testimonies of two of our contemporaries, one the descendant of a slave the other of a slave trader, this book reveals the enormous but unrecognised impact the slave trade has had on modern Britain.
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This book provides a good overview of Britain's role in the slave trade. You come to realise that Bristol and Liverpool, in particular, became wealthy cities through their involvement, and how they simply viewed what they were doing as they would any other form of trade. But it's also apparent that 'hands were dirtied' at each point of the triangle - Britain, Africa and the New World. The section relating to the legacy of the slave trade was also most enlightening.
The book is very easy to read, laying out the basic facts, and provides a good springboard for further reading around the subject.
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