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Subject(s)

• West Indies, British—Economic conditions—17th century [Browse]
• West Indies, British—Economic conditions—18th century [Browse]
• West Indies, British—Economic conditions—19th century [Browse]
• West Indies, British—Race relations [Browse]
• Slavery—West Indies, British—History [Browse]
• Lascelles family [Browse]
• Lascelles, E. (Edward) 1740-1820 [Browse]
• Lascelles, Edward Lascelles Viscount 1764-1814 [Browse]
• Lascelles, Henry 1690-1753 [Browse]
• Sugar trade—West Indies, British—History [Browse]

Series

Cambridge studies in economic history. Second series [More in this series]

Summary note

From the mid-seventeenth century to the 1830s, successful gentry capitalists created an extensive business empire centered on slavery in the West Indies, but inter-linked with North America, Africa, and Europe. S. D. Smith examines the formation of this British Atlantic World from the perspective of Yorkshire aristocratic families who invested in the West Indies. At the heart of the book lies a case study of the plantation-owning Lascelles and the commercial and cultural network they created with their associates. The Lascelles exhibited high levels of business innovation and were accomplished risk-takers, overcoming daunting obstacles to make fortunes out of the New World. Dr Smith shows how the family raised themselves first to super-merchant status and then to aristocratic pre-eminence. He also explores the tragic consequences for enslaved Africans with chapters devoted to the slave populations and interracial relations. This widely researched book sheds new light on the networks and the culture of imperialism.

Notes

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Contents

• Introduction: remembering and forgetting
• Halls and vassalla
• Rise of the Lascelles
• Lascelles and Maxwell
• The Gedney Clarkes
• Merchants and planters
• A labyrinth of debt
• Managing a West India interest
• The enslaved population
• Between Black and White.

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Other title(s)

• Slavery, Family, & Gentry Capitalism in the British Atlantic
• Cambridge University Press. History.

ISBN

9780511497308 (ebook)

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