Transatlantic Abolitionism in the Age of Revolution - An International History of Anti-Slavery, C.1787-1820

Informationen zum Autor John Oldfield is Wilberforce Professor of Slavery and Emancipation and Director of the Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation (WISE) at the University of Hull. He has written extensively on slavery and abolition in the Atlantic world and published numerous articles and books in this area. He was formerly Professor of Modern History at the University of Southampton and Director of the Southampton Centre for Eighteenth-Century Studies (2008–10). His research interests include the American South, maritime history and racialised relations in the United States. Klappentext An in-depth, comparative study of transatlantic abolitionism in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Zusammenfassung Taking a fresh look at anti-slavery debates in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries! this book uncovers the structure! dynamics and flexibility of transatlantic abolitionism during the Age of Revolution. It reframes the abolition movement as a broad international network of activists across metropolitan centres and remote outposts. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Building an Anti-Slavery Wall: 1. Networks; 2. Circuits of knowledge; 3. Strategies; Part II. Abolitionism in a Cold Climate: 4. Rupture and fragmentation; 5. Retrenchment; Part III. A New Era: 6. Abolition; 7. The revival of internationalism; 8. Colonisation debates.

Product details

• Authors: Dr. J. R. Oldfield, J. R. Oldfield, John Oldfield
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2013
• EAN: 9781107030763
• ISBN: 978-1-107-03076-3
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 235 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Critical Perspectives on Empire; Critical Perspectives on Empir; Critical Perspectives on Empire; Critical Perspectives on Empir
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), HISTORY / Europe / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of the Americas, Slavery & abolition of slavery, C 1700 To C 1800, Slavery and abolition of slavery