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  • The Zong

    A Massacre, the Law & the End of Slavery

    by James Walvin ...
    "A lucid, fluent and fascinating account of the Zong. The book details the horror of the mass killing of enslaved Africans on board the ship in 1781."—Gad Heuman, co-editor of The Routledge History of SlaveryOn November 29, 1781, Captain Collingwood of the British ship Zong commanded his crew to throw overboard one-third of his cargo: a shipment of Africans bound for slavery in America. The ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Atlas of Slavery

    by James Walvin ...
    Slavery transformed Africa, Europe and the Americas and hugely-enhanced the well-being of the West but the subject of slavery can be hard to understand because of its huge geographic and chronological span. This book uses a unique atlas format to present the story of slavery, explaining its historical importance and making this complex story and its geographical setting easy to understand. ... Read more

    $98.99 USD

  • A Short History of Slavery

    by James Walvin ...
    As we approach the bicentenary of the abolition of the Atlantic trade, Walvin has selected the historical texts that recreate the mindset that made such a savage institution possible - morally acceptable even. Setting these historical documents against Walvin's own incisive historical narrative, the two layers of this extraordinary, definitive account of the Atlantic slave trade enable us to ... Read more

    $11.39 USD

  • Crossings

    Africa, the Americas and the Atlantic Slave Trade

    by James Walvin ...
    From the mid-fifteenth century to the close of the nineteenth, it is estimated that more than 12 million people from Africa were forced onto slave ships and transported to the Americas; at least 11 million survived the journey. Even after Britain banned the importation of African slaves in its colonies in 1807, and the u.s. followed suit in 1808, more than 3 million Africans made the terrible ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • Questioning Slavery

    by James Walvin ...
    For the best part of three centuries the material well-being of the western world was dependent on slavery. Yet these systems were mainly brought to a very rapid end. This text surveys the key questions of slavery, and traces the arguments which have swirled around its history in recent years. The latest findings on slavery are presented, and a comparative analysis of slavery in the English ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • A World Transformed

    Slavery in the Americas and the Origins of Global Power

    by James Walvin ...
    Series series 20220422
    A comprehensive study of how slavery and enslaved people shaped the modern world.A World Transformed explores how slavery thrived at the heart of the entire Western world for more than three centuries. Arguing that slavery can be fully understood only by stepping back from traditional national histories, this book collects the scattered accounts of the latest modern scholarship into a ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • English Urban Life

    1776-1851

    by James Walvin ...
    The years between 1776 and 1851 are of profound importance for the social and urban historian. English town dwellers of the period experienced some fundamental changes in their way of life: rapid population growth; and an unprecedented rate of social change resulting from this. These ever-increasing armies of town dwellers presented the local and central authorities with a myriad of urgent ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Amazing Grace

    A Cultural History of the Beloved Hymn

    by James Walvin ...
    “A compelling story of a hymn rescued from the horror of slavery . . . in the author’s hands, 'Amazing Grace' lands firmly on the right side of history.”―TLSJourney through the history of "Amazing Grace," one of the transatlantic world's most popular hymns and a powerful anthem for humanity.Sung in moments of personal isolation or on state occasions watched by millions, "Amazing Grace" has become ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Life and Times of Henry Clarke of Jamaica, 1828-1907

    by James Walvin ...
    When Henry Clarke died in 1907 his obituary described him as an Englishman, yet he had only spent the first 19 years of his life in England, the next 60 being spent in Jamaica. He was a teacher, a cleric politician, a businessman, an inventor, and the father of eleven children. He left behind an extraordinary amount of writing, including a six volume diary upon which this biography is based. ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Slavery in Small Things

    Slavery and Modern Cultural Habits

    by James Walvin ...
    Slavery in Small Things: Slavery and Modern Cultural Habits isthe first book to explore the long-range cultural legacy of slavery through commonplace daily objects.Offers a new and original approach to the history of slavery by an acknowledged expert on the topicTraces the relationship between slavery and modern cultural habits through an analysis of commonplace objects that include sugar, tobacco ... Read more

    $29.00 USD

  • Freedom

    by James Walvin ...
    In this timely and readable new work, Walvin focuses not on abolitionism or the brutality of slavery, but the resistance of the enslaved themselves—from sabotage and absconding to full-blown uprisings—and its impact in overthrowing slavery. Following Columbus's landfall, slavery became a critical institution across the New World. It had seismic consequences for Africa while leading to the ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Sugar

    by James Walvin ...
    How did sugar grow from prize to pariah? Acclaimed historian James Walvin looks at the history of our collective sweet tooth, beginning with the sugar grown by enslaved people who had been uprooted and shipped vast distances to undertake the grueling labor on plantations. The combination of sugar and slavery would transform the tastes of the Western world. Prior to 1600, sugar was a costly luxury, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD