Richard G. Stone

I am an economic and social historian, specialising in the history and legacies of the Atlantic slave economy. Much of my work has focused on the city of Bristol, which provides an ideal window onto the wider Atlantic world. I am especially interested in the role of Atlantic trade and slave derived wealth in shaping the development of major institutions and the wider economy, and the complex relationships between slavery and abolition, business and philanthrophy. I am a member of the Center for Black Humanities, Center for Environmental Humanities, and Early Modern Studies Research Group at the University of Bristol. -profile