The Politician-Scholar: Eric Williams and the Tangled History of Capitalism and Slavery
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The Politician-Scholar: Eric Williams and the Tangled History of Capitalism and Slavery

Eric Williams’ groundbreaking ‘Capitalism and Slavery’ placed slavery at the heart of the rise of capitalism and the British Empire. But in his subsequent career as a politician – he became the first prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago – Williams was hardly seen as an avatar of radicalism.