Klappentext der 2. Auflage: In this classic analysis and refutation of Eric Williams's 1944 thesis, Seymour Drescher argues that Britain's abolition of the slave trade in 1807 resulted not from the diminishing value of slavery for Great Britain but instead from the British public's mobilization...

Slavery and the slave trade -- Merchants and planters -- The triangular trade -- Slave demography and family life -- Work, law, and culture -- Slave resistance and rebellion -- The abolition of the British slave trade -- Slave emancipation