The economic aspect of the abolition of the West Indian slave trade and slavery / Eric Williams ; edited by Dale W. Tomich ; introduction by William Darity Jr.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface / Dale Tomich -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- From the dissertation to capitalism and slavery : did Williams' abolition thesis change? / William Darity, Jr. -- The economic aspect of the abolition of the West Indian slave trade and slavery -- Thesis submitted to the board of the faculty of modern history of the university of Oxford for the degree of doctor of philosophy -- Eric williams.

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Slavery helped finance the Industrial Revolution in England. Plantation owners, shipbuilders, and merchants connected with the slave trade accumulated vast fortunes that established banks and heavy industry in Europe and expanded the reach of capitalism worldwide. Eric Williams advanced these powerful ideas in the influential and widely debated Capitalism and Slavery, published in 1944 and based on his previously unavailable dissertation, now available in book form for the first time. Williams's profound critique became the foundation for studies of imperialism and economic development. Establ.

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