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The Unnatural Trade
A look at the origins of British abolitionism as a problem of eighteenth-century science, as well as one of economics and humanitarian sensibilities How did late eighteenth-century British abolitionists come to view the slave trade and British colonial slavery as unnatural, a "dread perversion" of nature? Focusing on slavery in the Americas, and the Caribbean in particular, alongside travelers' accounts of West Africa, Brycchan Carey shows that before the mid-eighteenth century, natural histories were a primary source of information about slavery for British and colonial readers. These natural histories were often ambivalent toward slavery, but they increasingly adopted a proslavery stance t...
Accounts and Papers
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From a Bed of Roses
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Parliamentary Papers
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ACCIDENTS OF AN ANTIQUARYS LIFE
ACCIDENTS OF AN ANTIQUARYS LIFE by D.G. HOGARTH provides a fascinating glimpse into the life of an antiquarian. Detailing the various mishaps and discoveries made along the way, this book is a treasure for history enthusiasts.
The imperial game
Sports history offers many profound insights into the character and complexities of modern imperial rule. This book examines the fortunes of cricket in various colonies as the sport spread across the British Empire. It helps to explain why cricket was so successful, even in places like India, Pakistan and the West Indies where the Anglo-Saxon element remained in a small minority. The story of imperial cricket is really about the colonial quest for identity in the face of the colonisers' search for authority. The cricket phenomenon was established in nineteenth-century England when the Victorians began glorifying the game as a perfect system of manners, ethics and morals. Cricket has exemplif...
Canadian Appeals
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Vox Lycei 1949-1950
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