Modern scholarship on the relationship between British capitalism and
Caribbean slavery has been profoundly influenced by Eric Williams's 1944
classic, Capitalism and Slavery. The present volume represents the
proceedings of a conference on Caribbean Slavery and British Capitalism
convened in his honour in 1984, and includes essays on Dr Williams's
scholarly work and influence. These essays, by thirteen scholars from
the United States, England, Africa, Canada and the Caribbean, explore
the relationship between Great Britain and her plantation slave colonies
in the Caribbean.