In 1944 Eric Williams (1911-1981) published Capitalism & Slavery. This was based on his (1938) dissertation, The Economic Aspects of the Abolition of the Slave Trade and West Indian Slavery. I have not read the dissertation. So what follows is only based on his book. Williams explains the point of the book in the preface:
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In 1944 Eric Williams (1911-1981) published Capitalism & Slavery. This was based on his (1938) dissertation, The Economic Aspects of the Abolition of the Slave Trade and West Indian Slavery. I have not read the dissertation. So what follows is only based on his book. Williams explains the point of the book in the preface: