Emancipation in the West Indies - A Six Months Tour in Antigua, Barbados, Jamaica, in Year 1837

Klappentext Published in 1838 by the American Anti-Slavery Society, who had commissioned their investigative tour, Thome and Kimball's Emancipation in the West Indies immediately became an influential abolitionist text. Many anti-abolitionists in America were prophesying major upheaval should slavery be outlawed. Slavery had been officially abolished in the British West Indies in 1827, and the object of the tour was to assess the results there. The islands visited had followed different models ranging from total abolition to a gradual change through apprenticeship until 1838, and the results had proved those who feared abolition wrong. There had been no insurrection or increase in crime, participation in education and religion among former slaves had generally increased, and only the former slave-owners were unhappy about the economic consequences for their estates. The book contains documentary evidence from residents and officials of the islands, describing the effects of emancipation. Zusammenfassung Published in 1838! Emancipation in the West Indies was intended to show that abolition in the British West Indies had not resulted in major social and economic upheavals! as predicted by American supporters of slavery. The book was very influential! and remains a valuable source of information for social historians. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Antigua; Barbadoes; Jamaica; Appendix; Index.

Product details

• Authors: J. Horace Kimball, James A. Thome, James A. Kimball Thome
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.09.2010
• EAN: 9781108016704
• ISBN: 978-1-108-01670-4
• No. of pages: 498
• 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 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History of the Americas, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, West Indies