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 Capitalism and SlaveryWilliams, EricPublisher:  University of North Carolina Press Date Written:  01/01/1944
 Year Published:  1944
 Pages:  307pp   ISBN:  978-0807844885
 Resource Type:  Book
 
 Slavery helped finance the Industrial Revolution in England. Plantation owners, shipbuilders, and merchants connected with the slave trade accumulated vast fortunes that established banks and heavy industry in Europe and expanded the reach of capitalism worldwide.
 
 
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