About the lecture

In this module, we explore the origins of the Atlantic trade and the reasons behind the importation of almost 10 million individuals from Africa in the period 1500-1900.

About the lecturer

Tim Lockley is Professor of American History at the University of Warwick. where his teaching and research interests include colonial and antebellum North America, with a particular focus on slavery and the South. He has written and edited a number of books, including 2009’s Welfare and Charity and the Antebellum South. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge.