The Negro in the Caribbean

Name: The Negro in the Caribbean
Author: Eric Williams

by Eric Williams

Historical study of African diaspora and Black cultures in Caribbean societies

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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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