Slaves and Slavery: The British Colonial Experience

by James Walvin

This work aims to describe, in broad outline, the history of slavery and the slave trade in the British colonies up to the abolition of slavery in all British possessions in 1838. It traces its devastating impact on black culture and its transforming effect on the British economy.

120 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1992

About the author

James Walvin taught for many years at the University of York where he is now Professor of History Emeritus. He also held visiting positions in the Caribbean, the U.S.A. and Australia. He won the prestigious Martin Luther King Memorial Prize for his book Black and White, and has published widely on the history of slavery and the slave trade. His book The People's Game was a pioneering study of the history of football and remains in print thirty years after its first publication.