The abolition of slavery across large parts of the world was one of the most significant transformations in the nineteenth century, shaping economies, societies

A pathbreaking history of how participants in the slave trade influenced the growth and dissemination of medical knowledge As the slave trade brought Europeans,

After Britain abolished slavery throughout most of its empire in 1834, Victorians adopted a creed of "anti-slavery" as a vital part of their national identity a

The various manifestations of coerced labour between the opening up of the Atlantic world and the formal creation of Haiti.

“Traces the history of abolition from the 1600s to the 1860s . . . a valuable addition to our understanding of the role of race and racism in America.”—Fl