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London, Metropolis of the Slave Trade (Hardcover)
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London, Metropolis of the Slave Trade (Hardcover)
Series: Shades of Blue & Gray Series
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In London, Metropolis of the Slave Trade, James A. Rawley, a
pioneer in the modern study of the slave trade, collects some of
his best works from the past three decades. Also included in this
volume are three new pieces: an essay on a South Carolina slave
trader, Henry Laurens; an analysis of the slave trade at the
beginning of the eighteenth century; and a portrait of John Newton,
a slave trader who became a priest in the Church of England and
composer of the hymn ""Amazing Grace,"" as well as an outspoken
opponent of the trade. These essays include a great deal of
material that has not been covered in such detail elsewhere. Rawley
brings together new information on individuals involved in and
opposed to the slave trade and shows how scholars have long
misrepresented the extent of London's participation in the trade.
Throughout this work several important figures in the slave
industry are depicted. They include: Humphry Morice, a London
merchant and governor of the Bank of England, who owned more slave
vessels than anyone in his time. Richard Harris, Morice's
contemporary, the liaison between London slave merchants and the
English government, and, Rawley shows, an extensive trader himself.
Archibald Dalzel, known for his writings on the trade, here shown
as a slave ship owner, captain, and trader. Nathaniel Gordon, the
only American executed for violating laws prohibiting participation
in the trade. Rawley draws on material from the year 1700 to the
American Civil War as he explores the role of London in the trade.
He covers its activity as a port of departure for ships bound for
Africa; its continuing large volume after the trade extended to
Bristol and Liverpool; and the controversy between London's
parliamentary representatives, who defended the trade, and the
abolitionist movement that was quartered there. Sweeping in scope
and thorough in its analysis, this collection of essays from a
seasoned scholar will be welcomed by historians concerned with
slavery and the slave trade, as well as by students just beginning
their exploration of this subject.
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