Anthony Tibbles is Emeritus Keeper of Slavery History, National Museums Liverpool.
Liverpool and the Transatlantic Slave Trade will be undoubtedly of
use to anyone who has more than a passing interest in the role the
African slave trade played in developing one of the Atlantic
World's most prominent ports.
*African History, Volume 49*
This is a book of substance that offers both new insights and
information, and which, at its best, contextualizes the city in its
regional and its global context. As such, it enriches our
understanding both of Liverpool's and Britain's involvement in the
transatlantic slave system.
*H-Net Reviews*
What Liverpool and Transatlantic Slavery offers is a close, careful
and highly quantitative analysis of the multiple factors that
contributed to Liverpool's ascendancy in turn shaped attitudes and
aspirations both abroad and at home.
*International Journal of African Historical Studies, Volume 41,
Number 2*
... anyone seeking a clear, balanced and thoughtful presentation of
the issues surrounding one of the most shameful episodes of human
history could not do better than to arm themselves with a copy of
this absorbing and well-edited book.
*Urban History Volume 35/3*
The volume is recommended to researchers and students interested in
better understanding Liverpool's place in the history of British
slavery and the slave trade.
*The Journal of African American History*
This book is an important addition to the rapidly growing
literature on the Atlantic slave trade.
*American Historical Review*
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