Download or read book War, Empire and Slavery, 1770-1830 written by R. Bessel and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-09-08 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The imperial warfare of the period 1770-1830, including the American wars of independence and the Napoleonic wars, affected every continent. Covering southern India, the Caribbean, North and South America, and southern Africa, this volume explores the impact of revolutionary wars and how people's identities were shaped by their experiences.