Price of Emancipation - Slave Ownership, Compensation British Society At End of Slavery

Informationen zum Autor Nicholas Draper is Research Associate at the Department of History, University College London. Klappentext This book is a comprehensive analysis of the extent and importance of absentee slave-ownership and its impact on British society. Review of the hardback: 'The Price of Emancipation is a well-researched and argued book, and a major contribution to the study of British history and West Indian slavery in the first half of the nineteenth century.' Stanley Engerman, Journal of Economic History Review of the hardback: '... an important contribution to our understanding of why compensation was introduced, and how it was funded and administered.' The Black and Asian Studies Association Newsletter Review of the hardback: 'Draper has written an outstandingly good and important work.' H-LatAm (h-net.org/~latam) Zusammenfassung Challenging conventional narratives of abolitionist Britain! this book! provides a comprehensive analysis of the extent and importance of absentee slave-ownership and its impact on British society by drawing on the records of the Commissioners of Slave Compensation! who were responsible for distributing compensation to slave-owners when slavery was abolished. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. The absentee slave-owner: representations and identities; 2. The debate over compensation; 3. The distribution of slave compensation; 4. The structure of slave ownership; 5. The large-scale rentier owners; 6. 'Widows and orphans': small-scale British slave-owners; 7. Merchants, bankers and agents in the compensation process; 8. Conclusion; Appendix.

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• Authors: Nicholas Draper, Nicholas (University College London) Draper, Draper Nicholas
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.07.2013
• EAN: 9781107696563
• ISBN: 978-1-107-69656-3
• No. of pages: 416
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Economic; Cambridge Studies in Economic History - Second Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Slavery and abolition of slavery