Demonstrates why the vast majority of the early independent British slave traders lacked the capital, both financial and informational, to succeed in the slave trade
Analyzes Morice's voluminous surviving papers and offers intriguing insights into his strategy
Connects Morice's business practices with the "commodification" of enslaved human beings on the Middle Passage
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"Mitchell presents facts and conclusions . succeeds in making us think of questions for further research. I recommend this book to those who are interested in the transatlantic slave trade and in business history in general." (Jose Rowell Corpuz, EH Net, eh.net, December, 2023)
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Springer International Publishing
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Editions-Typ
Illustrationen
2
2 farbige Abbildungen
XVIII, 317 p. 2 illus. in color.
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Höhe: 210 mm
Breite: 148 mm
Dicke: 19 mm
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ISBN-13
978-3-030-33841-1 (9783030338411)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-33839-8
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Matthew David Mitchell is Assistant Professor of British History at Sewanee: The University of the South, USA.
Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Prologue to Morice: Anglo-African Trade under the Royal African Company Monopoly.- Chapter 3: Morice's Peers: The Early British Separate Traders.- Chapter 4: Morice's Beginnings:1704-1719.- Chapter 5: Morice at the Peak, 1720-1727.- Chapter 6: Morice's Catastrophe, 1728-1731 and Beyond.- Chapter 7. Conclusion.- Chapter 8. Morice's Africa Voyages: An Annotated List.
