Parliament's decision in 1807 to outlaw British slaving was a key moment in modern world history. In this magisterial work, historian David Richardson challenges claims that this event was largely due to the actions of particular individuals and emphasizes instead that abolition of the British...

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1. Verfasser:	Richardson, David 1946-2023 (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Newhaven ; London Yale University Press [2022]
Schriftenreihe:	The David Brion Davis series
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1640-1807 Abschaffung Sklaverei Abolitionismus Sklavenhandel Großbritannien Slave trade / Great Britain / History Slavery / Great Britain / History Antislavery movements / Great Britain / History Antislavery movements Slave trade Slavery History Great Britain
Zusammenfassung:	Parliament's decision in 1807 to outlaw British slaving was a key moment in modern world history. In this magisterial work, historian David Richardson challenges claims that this event was largely due to the actions of particular individuals and emphasizes instead that abolition of the British slave trade relied on the power of ordinary people to change the world. British slaving and opposition to it grew in parallel through the 1760s and then increasingly came into conflict both in the public imagination and in political discourse. Looking at the ideological tensions between Britons' sense of themselves as free people and their willingness to enslave Africans abroad, Richardson shows that from the 1770s those simmering tensions became politicized even as British slaving activities reached unprecedented levels, mobilizing public opinion to coerce Parliament to confront and begin to resolve the issue between 1788 and 1807
Beschreibung:	viii, 375 Seiten Karte
ISBN:	9780300250435