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From the conclusion:
The commercial capitalism of the eighteenth century developed the wealth of Europe by means of slavery and monopoly. But in so doing it helped to create the industrial capitalism of the nineteenth century, which turned round and destroyed the power of commercial capitalism, slavery, and all its works. Without a grasp of these economic changes the history of the period is meaningless.
Williams also wishes to trace the economic origins of abolitionist ideas (see preface and chapter 11).
Clegg - Capitalism and Slavery
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