{"product_id":"the-blackest-thing-in-slavery-was-not-the-black-man-the-last-testament-of-eric-williams-9789766407476","title":"The Blackest Thing in Slavery Was Not the Black Man: The Last Testament of Eric Williams","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe\u003cbr\u003eBlackest Thing in Slavery Was Not the Black Man: The Last Testament of Eric\u003cbr\u003eWilliams \u003c\/i\u003erepresents the final instalment of research and\u003cbr\u003eanalysis by one of the Caribbean's foremost historians. In this volume, Eric\u003cbr\u003eWilliams reflects on the institution of slavery from the ancient period in\u003cbr\u003eEurope down to New World African slavery and considers, too, other forms of\u003cbr\u003ebondage that followed slavery, including of Japanese, Chinese, Indians and\u003cbr\u003ePacific peoples in many locations worldwide. Williams points ways in which this\u003cbr\u003ebondage led to European and American prosperity and the manner in which bonded\u003cbr\u003epeoples created their own spaces. This they did through the preservation and\u003cbr\u003erevival of the transported culture to the new locations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe\u003cbr\u003eBlackest Thing in Slavery \u003c\/i\u003emakes a significant contribution in\u003cbr\u003ethat it moves beyond African slavery. It continues the narrative after\u003cbr\u003eabolition by showing how the capitalist impulse enabled Europe and the United\u003cbr\u003eStates to devise other (non-slavery) ways of further exploiting of non-African\u003cbr\u003epeople in developing countries. These nations fought this further exploitation\u003cbr\u003ein banding together to create the south-to-south nonaligned movement, which\u003cbr\u003egave mutual assistance in a number of areas. Most other works tend to separate\u003cbr\u003ethese issues or deal with them on a regional basis. Eric Williams offers a\u003cbr\u003ecomprehensive view, tying together many themes in a vast compendium.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSamaroo, Brinsley:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eBrinsley Samaroo\u003c\/b\u003e, now retired, was Professor of History, the University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. He has served as senator, minister and member of Parliament in the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. His publications include \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Garnet Ifill: Glimpses of the Sugar Industry\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Price of Conscience: Howard Nankivell and Labour Unrest in the Caribbean in 1937 and 1938. \u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"University of the West Indies Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50922598891794,"sku":"9789766407476","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a73d2db6-e4aa-46d6-93cb-b220e7cb82ff.jpg?v=1738934089","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-blackest-thing-in-slavery-was-not-the-black-man-the-last-testament-of-eric-williams-9789766407476","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}