Books by James (University of York Walvin

Slavery in Small Things: Slavery and Modern Cultural Habits isthe first book to explore the long-range cultural legacy of slavery through commonplace daily objects.

A biography of Olaudah Equiano, a prominent African in late 18th-century Britain. More than any single contemporary, Equiano speaks for the fate of millions of Africans in the era of the transatlantic slave trade. This study seeks to create a rounded portrait of the man behind the literary image.