Slavery and Bristol

by Gary Best

This major title on Bristol's role in the slave trade written by leading historian G. M. Best looks at the horrors of the trade through the first-hand account of Olaudah Equiano, who was enslaved as a child and who became the founder of the Sons of Africa, the first black African organisation dedicated to campaigning against slavery.

466 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2020

Reviews

[Stephanie Mathivet]

Really interesting book esp with informative chapter on Edward Colston. Great book to dip in and out of. Looking forward to finishing it.

[Nicholas Townsend]

A clearly written and well illustrated book on slavery and Bristol in particular