Dr Judith Spicksley Lecturer Judith.Spicksley@hull.ac.uk Faculty and Department Institutes Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation Related groups Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation Biography Outputs Research/PhD Summary Judith Spicksley began her research career in early modern British economic and social history, but moved to concentrate on the history of slavery 10 years ago. She taught the economic history of Britain and Europe at the University of York for seven years and has been a member of the Economic History Society for 20 years. Judith's main focus of research is on enslavement for debt, and she takes a keen interest in how ideas about indebtedness have impacted on legal and illegal forms of enslavement across time. Recent outputs View more outputs Book Chapter Never-married women and credit in early modern England Spicksley, J. M. (2018). Never-married women and credit in early modern England. In Women and credit in pre-industrial Europe (227-252). Brepols Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1484/m.eer-eb.5.115755 The decline of slavery for debt in Western Europe in the medieval period Spicksley, J. (2014). The decline of slavery for debt in Western Europe in the medieval period. In S. Cavaciocchi (Ed.), Schiavitù e servaggio nell’economia europea SECC. XI-XVIII, 465-486. Firenze University Press Journal Article Contested enslavement: The Portuguese in Angola and the problem of debt, c. 1600-1800 Spicksley, J. (2015). Contested enslavement: The Portuguese in Angola and the problem of debt, c. 1600-1800. Itinerario, 39(2), 247-275. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0165115315000467 Women, 'usury' and credit in early modern England: the case of the maiden investor Spicksley, J. M. (2015). Women, ‘usury’ and credit in early modern England: the case of the maiden investor. Gender and history, 27(2), 263-292. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0424.12125 Pawns on the Gold Coast: the rise of Asante and shifts in security for debt, 1680-1750 Spicksley, J. (2013). Pawns on the Gold Coast: the rise of Asante and shifts in security for debt, 1680-1750. Journal of African history, 54(2), 147-175. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021853713000297 Project Funder Grant Started Status Project Redrawing slavery: debt, law, and the market in the process of enslavement Funder The Leverhulme Trust Grant £50,000.00 Started 1 January 2018 Status Complete Postgraduate supervision Judith welcomes applications from students interested in historical forms of enslavement, and in all forms of debt-related bondage in the early modern period. Similar profiles Professor Trevor Burnard Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation Piotr Pilarski Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation Alicia Kidd Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation Andrew Smith Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation