English capital financed the Brazilian slave trade

Evidence

For Britain’s role in Brazilian independence, see Bethell, op. cit., passim. For the role of English capital in the Brazilian slave trade, see Eric Williams, Capitalism and Slavery, op. cit., pp. 132, 172, 176; Rodrigues, op. cit., pp. 165, 168, 181; Bethell, op. cit., pp. 121, 136; Conrad, op. cit., p. 14; and Alan K. Manchester, British Pre-eminence in Brazil, Octagon Books, New York, 1964, p. 258 n. 23. — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 2027

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Linnaean botany’s founding collections depended on slave-based world trade — Rob Nixon, Slow Violence and the Environmentalism…, 766; English capital subsidized both Brazilian independence and slave imports; British merchant capital drove Brazil’s slave imports and independence — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 754 (+6 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Linnaean botany’s founding collections depended on slave-based world trade — Rob Nixon, Slow Violence and the Environmentalism…, 766; English capital subsidized both Brazilian independence and slave imports; British merchant capital drove Brazil’s slave imports and independence — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 754 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• British merchant capital drove Brazil’s slave imports and independence #corroborates (0.97) — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 754
• English capital subsidized both Brazilian independence and slave imports #corroborates (0.95)