Publication
London: Historic England Publishing (2013), 208 pages
ISBN
1848020643 / 9781848020641
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CONTENTS
1. Slave ownership and the British country house: the records of the Slave Compensation Commission as evidence - Nicholas Draper
2. Slavery and West Country houses - Madge Dresser
3. Rural retreats: Liverpool slave traders and their country houses - Jane Longmore
4. Lodges, garden houses and villas: the urban periphery in the early modern Atlantic world - Roger H Leech
5. Slavery's heritage footprint: links between British country houses and St Vincent, 1814-34 - Simon D Smith
6. An open elite? Colonial commerce, the country house and the case of Sir Gilbert Heathcote and Normanton Hall - Nuala Zahedieh
7. Property, power and authority: the implicit and explicit slavery connections of Bolsover Castle and Brodsworth Hall in the 18th century - Sheryllynne Haggerty and Susanne Seymour
8.Atlantic slavery and classical culture at Marble Hill and Northington Grange - Laurence Brown
9. Slavery and the sublime: the Atlantic trade, landscape aesthetics and tourism - Victoria Perry
10. West Indian echoes: Dodington House, the Codrington family and the Caribbean heritage - Natalie Zacek
11. Contesting the political legacy of slavery in England's country houses: a case study of Kenwood House and Osborne House - Caroline Bressey
12. Representing the East and West India links to the British country house: the London borough of Bexley and the wider heritage picture - Cliff Pereira
13. Reinterpretation: the representation of perspectives on slave trade history using creative media - Rob Mitchell and Shawn Sobers
CONTENTS
1. Slave ownership and the British country house: the records of the Slave Compensation Commission as evidence - Nicholas Draper
2. Slavery and West Country houses - Madge Dresser
3. Rural retreats: Liverpool slave traders and their country houses - Jane Longmore
4. Lodges, garden houses and villas: the urban periphery in the early modern Atlantic world - Roger H Leech
5. Slavery's heritage footprint: links between British country houses and St Vincent, 1814-34 - Simon D Smith
6. An open elite? Colonial commerce, the country house and the case of Sir Gilbert Heathcote and Normanton Hall - Nuala Zahedieh
7. Property, power and authority: the implicit and explicit slavery connections of Bolsover Castle and Brodsworth Hall in the 18th century - Sheryllynne Haggerty and Susanne Seymour
8.Atlantic slavery and classical culture at Marble Hill and Northington Grange - Laurence Brown
9. Slavery and the sublime: the Atlantic trade, landscape aesthetics and tourism - Victoria Perry
10. West Indian echoes: Dodington House, the Codrington family and the Caribbean heritage - Natalie Zacek
11. Contesting the political legacy of slavery in England's country houses: a case study of Kenwood House and Osborne House - Caroline Bressey
12. Representing the East and West India links to the British country house: the London borough of Bexley and the wider heritage picture - Cliff Pereira
13. Reinterpretation: the representation of perspectives on slave trade history using creative media - Rob Mitchell and Shawn Sobers