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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> Although Bristol was periodically involved in trade with Africa from the sixteenth century onwards the port’s regular participa- tion in the African slave trade appears effectively to have dated from the ending of the London-based Royal African Company’s monopoly of English trade with West Africa in 1698. Between this date and the abolition of the British slave trade in 1807 over 2000 vessels set out from Bristol in search of slaves on the African coast making Bristol one of the three major British slaving ports during the eighteenth century. The purpose of this pamphlet is to trace the growth of Bristol’s interest in the trade; to assess briefly its contribution to the expansion of the port’s trade and shipping during the century; and finally to examine in some detail the organisation of the trade. The last will include an analysis of the major Bristol participants in this infamous business. (LL)