Pamphlets on West Indian Slavery

Klappentext Published in 1824 and 1827 respectively, these pamphlets remain key documents in the context of post-colonial debates. Zusammenfassung Elizabeth Heyrick (1769–1831) and Alexander McDonnell (1794–1875) held opposing views on slavery in the British colonies at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Published in 1824 and 1827 respectively, these pamphlets remain key documents in the context of post-colonial debates. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Immediate, not gradual abolition, or, an inquiry into the shortest, safest, and most effectual means of getting rid of West Indian slavery;2. Compulsory manumission, or an examination of the actual state of the West India question.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Heyrick, Elizabeth Mcdonnell Heyrick, Alexander McDonnell
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.09.2010
• EAN: 9781108020305
• ISBN: 978-1-108-02030-5
• No. of pages: 150
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Slavery and Abolition
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / General, c 1500 onwards to present day, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History and Archaeology