"A sweeping new history that reveals how British, African, and American merchants developed the transatlantic slave … the most brutal moments in the history of capitalist modernity. Radburn brilliantly details all aspects of the process of … enslaved every year. In this wide-ranging history, Nicholas Radburn explains how thousands of merchants collectively …

random partition of Africa. In this classic work of history, a standard text for generations of students and historians now …, their advisors and opponents, is carefully analysed. The result is a history of 'imperialism in the making', not as it … classic work and an essential reading for all students of nineteenth-century history. …