Slavery and Emotions in the Atlantic World

This book explores the history of slavery in the Atlantic World through the lens of emotion. Combining methods from the history of emotions with those from slavery studies often for the first time, this collection provides new and important perspectives on the role that emotion played in various slave societies across the Atlantic World.

Auteur

Beth Wilson is a BA-funded Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Oxford, UK, specialising in the history of slavery in the US South and the history of emotions.

Emily West is Professor of American History at the University of Oxford, UK, specialising in the history of slavery, gender, and women in the antebellum US South.