Slavery and the slave trade -- Merchants and planters -- The triangular trade -- Slave demography and family life -- Work, law, and culture -- Slave resistance and rebellion -- The abolition of the British slave trade -- Slave emancipation

These classic studies of the history of economic change in 19th- and 20th-century United States, Canada, and British West Indies examine national product; capital stock and wealth; and fertility, health, and mortality. "A 'must have' in the library of the serious economic historian."—Samuel...