Title Competing visions of empire : labor, slavery, and the origins of the British Atlantic empire / Abigail L. Swingen

Published New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015] ©2015

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Description 1 online resource Contents Unfree labor and the origins of empire -- Commonwealth and protectorate imperialism: the Western Design and its consequences, 1654-1660 -- Restoration imperialism: the shaping of imperial administration, 1660-1671 -- Politicized empire: the crown, the African Company, and centralization, 1671-1678 -- Exclusion, the Tory ascendancy, and the English empire, 1678-1688 -- The 1690s: war, unfree labor, and empire -- The slave trade, the asiento, and the national interest, 1698-1718 Summary This title explores the connections between the origins of the English empire and unfree labour by exploring how England's imperial designs influenced contemporary politics and debates about labour, population, political economy, and overseas trade. It pays particular attention to how and why slavery and England's participation in the transatlantic slave trade came to be widely accepted as central to the national and imperial interest by contributing to the idea that colonies with slaves were essential for the functioning of the empire Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Slavery -- West Indies, British -- History -- 17th century Imperialism -- History Slavery -- West Indies, British -- History -- 18th century HISTORY -- Latin America -- Mexico. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Slavery. Commerce Economic history Historiography Imperialism Slavery Sklaverei Imperialismus SUBJECT West Indies, British -- History -- 17th century West Indies, British -- Economic conditions -- 17th century West Indies, British -- Commerce West Indies, British -- Historiography West Indies, British -- History -- 18th century West Indies, British -- Economic conditions -- 18th century Subject West Indies -- British West Indies Großbritannien Westindien Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2014027080 ISBN 9780300189445 0300189443

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