Odious Commerce: Britain, Spain and the Abolition of the Cuban Slave Trade

The Atlantic slave trade brought to Cuba the African slaves who created the dramatic transformation of the island from a relative backwater of Spain's colonial empire in the mid-eighteenth century to the world's richest plantation colony one hundred years later. Britain played a vital role in this transformation. British slave traders were the chief suppliers of Cuba's slaves in the eighteenth century; in the nineteenth century Britain became the greatest threat to Cuba's prosperity when she attempted to make Spain follow her example and abolish the slave trade. Dr Murray's study, based on a thorough examination of British and Spanish records, reveals how important British influence was on the course of Cuban history.

Author: David R. Murray
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 09/12/2002
Pages: 440
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.24lbs
Size: 8.52h x 5.80w x 1.07d
ISBN: 9780521524698

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