Slavery Obscured: The Social History of the Slave Trade in an English Provincial Port
Summary
Britain was the world's leading slave-trading nation in the eighteenth century, yet aside from research on antislavery campaigns, little work has been done on the impact of the trade on British culture and society. As a case in point, Bristol, Britain's second most important slaving port for much of the eighteenth century, has been generally ignored by most historians of the slave trade. The best recent studies of Bristol and slavery have focused on the economic origins and impact of the trade but have left the question of its wider human significance for others to address. At a popular level, there has been an enduring grass roots fascination with Bristol's slaving past but also, until the late 1990s, a distinct reluctance by civic leaders to acknowledge its historical importance. Based on original primary research, Slavery Obscured aims to throw new light on old questions by inquiring into the social and mental worlds of 18th-century Bristolians.
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