The Glasgow Sugar Aristocracy
Scotland and Caribbean Slavery, 1775–1838
$129.32
- Paperback
340 pages
- Release Date
10 November 2022
Summary
This important book assesses the size and nature of Caribbean slavery’s economic impact in British society. The Glasgow Sugar Aristocracy, a group of West India merchants and planters, became active before the emancipation of chattel slavery in the British West Indies in 1834. Many acquired nationally significant fortunes, and their investments percolated into the Scottish economy and wider society.
At its core, the book traces the development of merchant capital and poses several int…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781912702336 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1912702339 |
| Author: | Stephen Mullen |
| Publisher: | University of London |
| Imprint: | University of London Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 340 |
| Release Date: | 10 November 2022 |
| Weight: | 700g |
| Dimensions: | 156mm x 234mm |
| Series: | New Historical Perspectives |
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Critics Review
The Glasgow Sugar Aristocracy provides an excellent examination of Scottish involvement with colonial trade. It is a text that will become core reading for anyone researching Scotland and the Caribbean, … making it an ideal book for researchers, [and] an excellent starting point for new students.
—Kevin Marshall, Stony Brook University, New York, USA
* Eighteenth-Century Scotland *The Glasgow Sugar Aristocracy will appeal to an audience beyond readers interested only in the story of Scottish economic development. This book has a moreprofound significance. It forces its readers to confront more difficult truths about how Scots benefitted from the proceeds of enslavement. This excellent book is required reading for anyone interested in Scottish history and understanding Scotland.
**—Dr Matthew Lee, Slavery and Scottish Literature, University of Aberdeen, Scotland and the National Library of Scotland
* Bella Caledonia *Mullen’s scholarship and imaginative reconstruction has shaped a book of major importance; an invaluable contribution not only to Scottish history but, more generally, to the ongoing reassessment of the role of slavery in the development and well-being of Scotland and of Britain at large.
—James Walvin, University of York, UK
* FAMILY & COMMUNITY HISTORY *Stephen Mullen
Dr. Stephen Mullen is an historian of slavery and its aftermath in the British Atlantic world, with a particular focus on Scotland and the Caribbean. He is alumnus of the Universities of Strathclyde and Glasgow, completing a PhD at the latter institution in 2015. Since then, he has been a Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer in History at the University of Glasgow. His research has focused on the social and economic consequences of Atlantic slavery in a British-Atlantic framework. He was a Postdoctoral Researcher on the Leverhulme project ‘Runaway Slaves in Britain: bondage, freedom and race in the eighteenth century’, and the principal researcher and co-author of the report ‘Slavery, Abolition and the University of Glasgow’ (2018), which led to the sector-leading Reparative Justice strategy. He is currently commissioned by Glasgow City Council to lead an audit of the city of Glasgow’s built heritage and the historic connections with Atlantic slavery.
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