Eric Williams
Williams's Capitalism and Slavery argued that the transatlantic slave trade and slavery were central to the development of British capitalism, fundamentally reframing debates about both the Industrial Revolution and the abolition movement.
Works
- Capitalism and SlaveryEconomic history arguing slavery fueled capitalism and Western development
- From Columbus to CastroSweeping history of Caribbean and Latin America from Columbus onward
- British Historians and the West IndiesHistoriography examining how British historians have studied the Caribbean region
- The Negro in the CaribbeanHistorical study of African diaspora and Black cultures in Caribbean societies