Humanitarian imperialism: the politics of anti-slavery activism, 1880-1940

Between the late 1880s and the onset of the Second World War, anti-slavery activism experienced a revival, with organisations in Britain, Italy, France, and Switzerland working together to fight the continued existence of slavery and slave-trading in Africa. The book focues on these anti-slavery gro...

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Main Author: Ribi Forclaz, Amalia 1976- (Author, Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2015
Edition:First edition
Series:Oxford historical monographs
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Summary:Between the late 1880s and the onset of the Second World War, anti-slavery activism experienced a revival, with organisations in Britain, Italy, France, and Switzerland working together to fight the continued existence of slavery and slave-trading in Africa. The book focues on these anti-slavery groups in the interwar years, when slavery in Africa became a focal point of humanitarian and imperial interest, linking Catholic and Protestant philanthropists, missionaries of different faiths, colonial officials, diplomats, and political leaders in Africa and Europe.
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 243 Seiten)
ISBN:9780191796999
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198733034.001.0001

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