The controversy over the nature and extent of the gains from imperialism has been long and enduring, occupying, at one time or another, the attention of Adam Smith, Edmund Burke, David Ricardo, the Marxists, and contemporary observers. The assertion has been, and is still made, that the rich...

1. The Origin of Negro Slavery -- 2. The Development of the Negro Slave Trade -- 3. British Commerce and the Triangular Trade -- 4. The West India Interest -- 5. British Industry and the Triangular Trade -- 6. The American Revolution -- 7. The Development of British Capitalism, 1783-1833 -- 8....