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Slave Empire: How Slavery Built Modern Britain
Padraic X. Scanlan
Slave Empire: How Slavery Built Modern Britain
Padraic X. Scanlan
The idea that the British empire was built on freedom is a myth. Britain rose to global power in the eighteenth century on the backs of enslaved workers. And although Britain was the first European empire to abolish slavery, even British abolitionism was shaped by the slave empire.
464 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | March 10, 2022 |
ISBN13 | 9781472142337 |
Publishers | Little, Brown Book Group |
Pages | 464 |
Dimensions | 197 × 155 × 32 mm · 316 g |
Language | English |
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