(Hardback)

Drawing from the Bodleian Librarys collections, this richly-illustrated book features extracts from letters, journals, diaries and memoirs written by a diverse cast of onlookers. Put into context with introductory notes, these first-hand accounts give a fascinating insight into the tumultuous year of 1917.

(Hardback)

Hugh Crow was the captain of a slave-trading vessel which made one of the last legal journeys across the Atlantic with its human cargo. This is a highly engaging, rare, first-hand account written by a staunch defender of the slave trade. Crow depicts himself as an enlightened practitioner of the trade, concerned with the welfare of his negroes.

(Paperback)

At the height of the debate about the slave trade and its abolition in the 1780s and 90s, each side issued pamphlets in support of its position. This valuable source-book reproduces a selection of representative pamphlets encompassing the arguments for and against. Issues discussed include humanitarianism and the Rights of Man.