Representing slavery: art, artefacts and archives in the collections of the National Maritime Museum

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Contents: Foreword Introduction, Douglas Hamilton and Robert J. Blyth Slavery and mass consumption: the dynamics of the Atlantic world, James Walvin Slavery and African society, Paul Lovejoy Through African eyes: the Middle Passage and the British slave trade, David Richardson Slave life in the Caribbean, Douglas Hamilton Abolition and emancipation, John Oldfield The Royal Navy and the global suppression of slave trades, Robert Blyth Black people in Britain, Hakim Adi The material culture of slave shipping, Jane Webster The lie of the land: slavery and the aesthetics of imperial landscape in eighteenth-century British art, Geoff Quilley Popular graphic images of slavery and emancipation in nineteenth-century England, Marcus Wood. Catalogue: Artefacts Books, pamphlets and official publications Coins and medals Ethnography Manuscripts Maps and charts Material culture Newspapers and press illustrations Oil paintings Photographs Prints and drawings: Africa Prints and drawings: Caribbean Prints and drawings: North and South America Prints and drawings: abolition campaigns Prints and drawings: caricatures and social satires Prints and drawings: portraits Prints and drawings: ships and naval actions Bibliography List of contributors Index.