In this classic analysis and refutation of Eric Williams&#x2019;s 1944 thesis Seymour Drescher argues that Britain&#x2019;s abolition of the slave trade in 1807 resulted not from the diminishing value of slavery for Great Britain but instead from the British public&#x2019;s mobilization against the slave trade which forced London to commit what Drescher terms &#x201C;econocide.&#x201D; This action he argues was detrimental to Britain&#x2019;s economic interests at a time when British slavery was actually at the height of its potential.<br/><br/>Originally published in 1977 Drescher&#x2019;s work was instrumental in undermining the economic determinist interpretation of abolitionism that had dominated historical discourse for decades following World War II. For this second edition which includes a foreword by David Brion Davis Drescher has written a new preface reflecting on the historiography of the British slave trade since this book&#x2019;s original publication.
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