Sinews of empire;: A short history of British slavery

Frontmatter PREFACE (page ix) INTRODUCTION (page xi) 1. ORIGINS: The need; The supply; Forerunners (page 1) 2. ORGANIZATION: Over-all pattern of the slave trade; Monopoly vs. free trade; West Africa; Middle Passage; Destinations (page 43) 3. SLAVES IN THE ECONOMY: Slave-trading profits; Employment; Plantation capitalization and profits; Colonial slavery and the metropolis (page 109) 4. SLAVE SOCIETY: Caste; Attitudes and the law; Slave conditions; The creole whites; Creolization of the slaves; Alienation and accommodation (page 157) 5. MOUNTING ATTACK AND REARGUARD ACTION: Outline of the debate; The roots of opposition; Abolition---the parliamentary campaign; From abolition to emancipation; Apprenticeship, 1834-38 (page 239) 6. AFTERMATH AND LEGACIES: The fading impulse of philanthropy; The colonial freedmen: optimism, 1838-46; The colonial freedmen: decline, 1846-1945; Lingering traces; Present and future (page 285) NOTES (page 337) SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING AND RESEARCH (page 385) INDEX (page 399)