"Parliament's decision in 1807 to outlaw British slaving was a key moment in modern world history. In this magisterial work, historian David Richardson challenges claims that this event was largely due to the actions of particular individuals and emphasizes instead that abolition of the British...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Prologue to Morice: Anglo-African Trade under the Royal African Company Monopoly -- Chapter 3: Morice’s Peers: The Early British Separate Traders -- Chapter 4: Morice’s Beginnings:1704-1719 -- Chapter 5: Morice at the Peak, 1720-1727 -- Chapter 6:...