Slavery in Small Things

James Walvin is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Professor Emeritus at the University of York, and formerly a Visiting Fellow at Yale University. His books include Black Ivory: Slavery in the British Empire, 2E (2001); The Trader, The Owner, The Slave: Parallel Lives in the Age of Slavery (2007); A Short History of Slavery (2007); Britain's Slave Empire (2008); The Zong: A Massacre, the Law and the End of Slavery (2011); The Slave Trade (2011); and Crossings: Africa, the Americas and the Atlantic Slave Trade (2013).

• Acknowledgments vii Introduction: Slavery in Western Life 11 A Sugar Bowl: Sugar and Slavery 112 Cowrie Shells: Slavery and Global Trade 373 Tobacco: The Slave Origins of a Global Epidemic 544 Mahogany: Fashion and Slavery 825 Stately Homes and Mansions: The Architecture of Slavery 1046 Maps: Revealing Slavery 1287 A Portrait: Pictures in Black and White 1518 The Brooks: Slave Ships 1739 A Book: Slavery and the World of Print 19210 Chains: The Ironware of Slavery 21811 Cotton: Slavery and Industrial Change 239Conclusion 262Index 265