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![]() Capitalism and SlaveryWilliams, Eric Publisher: University of North Carolina PressDate Written: 01/01/1944 Year Published: 1944 Pages: 307pp ISBN: 978-0807844885 Resource Type: Book Cx Number: CX18559 Slavery helped finance the Industrial Revolution in England. Plantation owners, shipbuilders, and merchants connected with the slave trade accumulated vast fortunes that established banks and heavy industry in Europe and expanded the reach of capitalism worldwide. Subject Headings |