The British Atlantic slave trade and Indian cotton textiles : the case of Thomas Lumley & Co.

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  • イギリスの大西洋奴隷貿易とインド産綿織物 : トマス・ラムリー商会の事例を中心に
  • イギリス ノ タイセイヨウ ドレイ ボウエキ ト インドサン メンオリモノ : トマス ・ ラムリー ショウカイ ノ ジレイ オ チュウシン ニ

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This article addresses the role of Indian cotton textiles as one factor in the rapid growth of the British Atlantic slave trade in the century before the abolition of slavery. The Anglo-African trade statistics, compiled by Marion Johnson, opened our eyes to the importance of the re-export of East Indian textiles in the slave trade. Using the records of the London merchant Thomas Lumley, I have illuminated with great precision the commercial networks which stretched from India via Britain to Africa, to map the trade routes of Indian cottons, to examine the Asian dimension of the British Atlantic slave trade, and to show the regional differences in the consumption of Indian textiles in pre-colonial West Africa.

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