LEADER 02860nam 2200469 450 001 9910622198803321 005 20230828215200.0 010 $a9781909646780 035 $a(CKB)25295112400041 035 $a(NjHacI)9925295112400041 035 $a(EXLCZ)9925295112400041 100 $a20230527d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Glasgow sugar aristocracy $eScotland and Caribbean slavery, 1775-1838 /$fStephen Mullen 210 1$aLondon :$cUniversity of London Press,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (xxi, 351 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aNew historical perspectives. 311 $a9781909646773 330 $aThis important book assesses the size and nature of Caribbean slavery's economic impact on British society. The Glasgow Sugar Aristocracy, a grouping of West India merchants and planters, became active before the emancipation of chattel slavery in the British West Indies in 1834. Many acquired nationally significant fortunes, and their investments percolated into the Scottish economy and wider society. At its core, the book traces the development of merchant capital and poses several interrelated questions during an era of rapid transformation, namely, what impact the private investments of West India merchants and colonial adventurers had on metropolitan society and the economy, as well as the wider effects of such commerce on industrial and agricultural development. The book also examines the fortunes of temporary Scottish economic migrants who traveled to some of the wealthiest of the Caribbean islands, presenting the first large-scale survey of repatriated slavery fortunes via case studies of Scots in Jamaica, Grenada, and Trinidad before emancipation in 1834. It, therefore, takes a new approach to illuminate the world of individuals who acquired West Indian fortunes and ultimately explores, in an Atlantic frame, the interconnections between the colonies and metropole in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. 410 0$aNew historical perspectives. 606 $aSlave trade 606 $aSlavery$zCaribbean Area$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aSlavery$zCaribbean Area$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aGlasgow (Scotland)$xEconomic conditions$y18th century 607 $aGlasgow (Scotland)$xEconomic conditions$y19th century 607 $aCaribbean Area$2fast 607 $aScotland$zGlasgow$2fast 608 $aHistory.$2fast 615 0$aSlave trade. 615 0$aSlavery$xHistory 615 0$aSlavery$xHistory 676 $a326 700 $aMullen$b Stephen$01359797 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 912 $a9910622198803321 996 $aThe Glasgow sugar aristocracy$93374725 997 $aUNINA