New in paperback, this important volume draws together contributions from some of the leading scholars in the field. The book sets Liverpool in the wider context of transatlantic slavery and addresses issues including African agency, trade experience, human characteristics and the impacts of transatlantic slavery, opening up debate on Liverpool’s participation in the slave trade and helping to frame the research agenda for the future.

Undoubtedly of use to anyone who has more than a passing interest in the role the African slave trade played in developing one of the Atlantic World’s most prominent ports.

• ForewordDAVID FLEMINGAdvisory Committee and CuratorsForeword to First EditionSIR PETER MOORESIntroductionANTHONY TIBBLESThe Rise of the Atlantic EmpiresDAVID RICHARDSONHuman Cargoes: Enslavement and the Middle PassageEDWARD REYNOLDS‘Guineamen’: Some Technical Aspects of Slave ShipsM. K. STAMMERSAfrican Resistance to EnslavementSTEPHEN SMALL AND JAMES WALVINCaribbean Slave SocietyALISSANDRA CUMMINSWomen in Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave TradeJENNIFER LYLE MORGANLiverpool and the English Slave TradeDAVID RICHARDSONOil not Slaves: Liverpool and West Africa after 1807ANTHONYTIBBLESBlack People in BritainJAMES WALVINBritish Abolitionism 1787–1838JAMES WALVINThe Impact of the Slave Trade on the Societies of West and Central AfricaPATRICK MANNINGAn African View of Transatlantic Slavery and the Role of Oral Testimony in Creating a New LegacyMARY E. MODUPE KOLAWOLERacist IdeologiesSTEPHEN SMALLOn the Meaning and History of SlaveryPRESTON KINGThe General Legacy of the Atlantic Slave TradeSTEPHEN SMALLThe Challenge of Remembering SlaveryLONNIE G. BUNCHInterpreting Transatlantic Slavery: The Role of MuseumsANTHONY TIBBLESCatalogueSelect BibliographyPhotographic CreditsIndex