Revolutionary emancipation: slavery and abolitionism in the British West Indies
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Main Author: Fergus, Claudius K. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge Louisiana State University Press ©2013
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Explicating the "grand evils" of colonialism -- Humanity enchained -- Pragmatizing amelioration and abolition -- Abolitionism and empire -- The Haitian Revolution and other emancipation wars -- From revolution to abolition -- Imperatives of Creole colonization -- New-modeling in action -- The launch of imperial amelioration -- Constitutional militancy -- Breaking the chains -- Conclusion
Skillfully weaving an African worldview into the conventional historiography of British abolitionism, Claudius K. Fergus presents new insights into one of the most intriguing and momentous episodes of Atlantic history. In Revolutionary Emancipation, Fergus argues that the 1760 rebellion in Jamaica, Tacky's War-the largest and most destructive rebellion of enslaved peoples in the Americas prior to the Haitian Revolution-provided the rationale for abolition and reform of the colonial system. Fergus shows that following Tacky's War, British colonies in the West Indies sought political preservatio
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (pages cm)
ISBN:0807149888
0807149896
080714990X
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