Freedom's Debt: The Royal African Company and the Politics of the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1672-1752 (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early ... and the University of North Carolina Press)
Freedom's Debt by William A. Pettigrew investigates the Royal African Company's central role in the politics and economics of the Atlantic slave trade from 1672 to 1752. It highlights how debt and commercial interests drove the expansion of this exploitative enterprise, revealing the complex interplay between business and governance in early modern history.
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Freedom's Debt delves into the operations of the Royal African Company during a formative period of the Atlantic slave trade, spanning 1672 to 1752.
The book analyzes the company's economic strategies and their entanglement with broader political dynamics in the Atlantic world.
Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press, it provides a scholarly perspective on these historical intersections.
Author William A. Pettigrew offers insights into the mechanisms that sustained the company's influence amid shifting colonial and imperial contexts.
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