A Short History Of Slavery Collection_Children's identifiable by the red tabbard

identifiable by the red tabbard with white crosses over his gold embossed half armour

A US Senator begins a speech that will last for 25 hours

and beside her a throne

which was demolished in the 1980s

Brass - an alloy of copper and zinc - is easy to work with

A Short History Of Slavery Collection_Children's identifiable by the red tabbardAs we approach the bicentenary of the abolition of the Atlantic trade, Walvin has selected the historical texts that recreate the mindset that made such a savage institution possible morally acceptable even. Setting these historical documents against Walvin's own incisive historical narrative, the two layers of this extraordinary, definitive account of the Atlantic slave trade enable us to understand the rise and fall of one of the most shameful