This is the story of one of Liverpool's leading Georgian / Victorian businessmen. John Moss's dealings impacted on the lives of countless thousands on three con
This book re-examines the relationship between Britain and colonial slavery in a crucial period in the birth of modern Britain. Drawing on a comprehensive analy
From the late eighteenth century, the planter class of the British Caribbean were faced with challenges stemming from revolutions, war, the rise of abolitionism
What day-to-day life was like for those who traveled and worked on the world’s first intercity railway in early nineteenth-century England. Much has been writ