Capitalism and Slavery

Name: Capitalism and Slavery
Author: Eric Williams

by Eric Williams

Economic history arguing slavery fueled capitalism and Western development

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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.

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